Continuous-wave supercontinuum generation from a simple ring cavity laser composed of double clad Er/Yb codoped fiber and highly nonlinear optical fiber

Author

Han Lee, Ju ; Han, Young-Geun ; Bae Lee, Sang ; Kikuchi, Kazuro

Author_Institution

Photonics Res. Center, Korea Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate a compact, practical, self-contained continuous-wave supercontinuum laser based on the addition of a highly nonlinear fiber inside the Er/Yb-codoped fiber ring resonator clad-pumped by low-cost multi-mode 975 nm laser diodes. A supercontinuum of a bandwidth larger than 470 nm is readily achieved.

Keywords

erbium; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; optical pumping; ring lasers; supercontinuum generation; ytterbium; JkJk:Er,Yb; clad-pumped laser; double clad codoped fiber; fiber ring resonator; multimode laser diodes; nonlinear optical fiber; ring cavity laser; self-contained continuous-wave supercontinuum generation; wavelength 975 nm; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical fibers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Supercontinuum generation; (140.3500) Lasers, erbium; (190.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers;

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.2006.4627747

Filename

4627747