DocumentCode
2861617
Title
Generation of wide supercontinuum in a weakly nonlinear microstructured fiber
Author
Genty, G. ; Ritari, T. ; Ludvigsen, H.
Author_Institution
Fiber-Opt. Group, Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Helsinki
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We report on the generation of a wideband supercontinuum in a microstructured fiber with a very weak nonlinearity. This type of fiber allows for producing broadband sources with higher spectral density than with narrow-core fibers.
Keywords
bending; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical fibre losses; supercontinuum generation; bending losses; broadband sources; nanosecond laser pulses; spectral density; weakly nonlinear microstructured fiber; wideband supercontinuum generation; Bandwidth; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulse generation; Photonic crystal fibers; Power generation; Solitons; Supercontinuum generation; (190.4370) Nonlinear optics, fiber; (230.3990) Microstructure devices;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627633
Filename
4627633
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