Optimized All-Fiber Supercontinuum Source at 1.3 μm Generated in a Stepwise Dispersion-Decreasing-Fiber Arrangement

Author

Abrardi, Laura ; Martín-López, Sonia ; Carrasco-Sanz, Ana ; Corredera, Pedro ; Hernanz, Maria L. ; González-Herráez, Miguel

Author_Institution

Spanish Council for Res., Madrid

Volume

25

Issue

8

fYear

2007

Firstpage

2098

Lastpage

2102

Abstract

In this paper, the generation of a continuous-wave (CW)-pumped supercontinuum (SC) source at 1.3 mum is described. The device makes use of a tunable Yb-doped fiber laser, a cascade of fiber Bragg grating mirrors, and a concatenation of standard silica fibers with stepwise decreasing dispersion. It is shown that the dispersion-decreasing-fiber set enhances the width of the generated SC, since it favors the fission of the CW input into high-order solitons. The generated SC spans from 1280 to 1513 nm, shows an average output power of 1.34 W, and exhibits >0-dBm/nm spectral density of over 200 nm.

Keywords

fibre lasers; light sources; optical fibres; supercontinuum generation; all-fiber supercontinuum source; continuous-wave-pumped supercontinuum source; fiber Bragg grating mirror; nonlinear optics; power 1.34 W; silica fiber; soliton self-frequency shift; stepwise dispersion-decreasing-fiber arrangement; tunable fiber laser; wavelength 1280 nm to 1513 nm; Distributed power generation; Fiber lasers; Mirrors; Optical fiber devices; Power generation; Quantum cascade lasers; Silicon compounds; Solitons; Supercontinuum generation; Tunable circuits and devices; Nonlinear optics; soliton self-frequency shift (SSFS); supercontinuum (SC);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2007.899808

Filename

4285867