Title :
Supercontinuum generation in dispersion-tailored bismuth microstructured optical fibre
Author :
Wen Qi Zhang ; White, R.T. ; Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike ; Monro, T.M. ; Afshar, V.S.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Photonics & Adv. Sensing (IPAS), Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Abstract :
We report supercontinuum generation (SCG) in a dispersion-tailored bismuth-glass microstructured optical fibre. Simulations of near-infrared femtosecond pumping predict SCG spanning the near- and mid-infrared. Preliminary experiments show SCG from 0.8 μm to beyond 1.75 μm.
Keywords :
bismuth; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical pumping; supercontinuum generation; dispersion-tailored bismuth microstructured optical fibre; near-infrared femtosecond pumping; supercontinuum generation; Bismuth; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optimized production technology; Solitons; dispersion; dispersive wave; fabrication; fibre design; microstructured optical fibre; soliton; supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929962
