Title :
Ultrabroad band white light generation from a multimode photonic bandgap fiber with an air core
Author :
Suzuki, K. ; Nakazawa, M.
Author_Institution :
NTT Network Innovation Labs., NTT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
Ultrabroad band white light over 1400 nm from 0.35 to 1.75 /spl mu/m has been efficiently generated from a 1.5 m-long holey fiber with an air core (multimode photonic bandgap fiber) with the use of a 100 fs mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser operating at 810 nm.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; optical fibres; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; photonic band gap; self-phase modulation; 0.35 to 1.75 micron; 100 fs; 810 nm; air core; energy confinement; far field pattern; femtosecond light pulses interaction; four wave mixing; holey fiber; microstructure fibers; mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser; multimode photonic bandgap fiber; multiple-capillary drawing; near field pattern; nonlinear effect; optical pumping; phase matching; self phase modulation; silica glass cladding; single transverse mode operation; single-mode operation; two dimensional Bragg structure; ultrabroadband white light generation; visible emission; wavelength dependence; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical fiber losses; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Photonic bandgap fibers; Power generation; Silicon compounds; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.968016
