Title :
ZBLAN supercontinuum generation — Detailed comparison between measurement and simulation
Author :
Agger, Christan ; Petersen, Christian ; Dupont, Sune ; Steffensen, Henrik ; Lyngsø, Jens Kristian ; Thomsen, Carsten ; Keiding, Søren ; Bang, Ole
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We present a detailed comparison between modeling and experiments on supercontinuum generation in a ZBLAN fiber. Good agreement is obtained when pumping both in the normal and anomalous dispersion regimes.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; barium compounds; lanthanum compounds; optical fibre dispersion; optical pumping; sodium compounds; supercontinuum generation; zirconium compounds; ZBLAN; ZBLAN fiber; ZBLAN supercontinuum generation; anomalous dispersion regimes; normal dispersion regimes; pumping; Gain; Gain measurement; Materials; Optical fiber dispersion; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4