Title :
Mid-IR supercontinuum (SC) generation in ZBLAN fiber pumped by Tm-doped amplifier with fused silica SC input
Author :
Kulkarni, Ojas ; Alexander, Vinay ; Kumar, Malay ; Islam, Mohammed N. ; Freeman, Michael J. ; Terry, Fred L., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate supercontinuum generation beyond 4.5 μm by first shifting 1.55 μm laser-diode pulses to ~2 μm in standard single-mode fiber followed by amplification using Tm doped amplifier and subsequent coupling to ~7 m ZBLAN fiber.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; barium compounds; infrared spectra; lanthanum compounds; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre couplers; optical pumping; silicon compounds; sodium compounds; supercontinuum generation; thulium; zirconium compounds; SiO2; Tm-doped amplifier; ZBLAN; ZBLAN fiber; fused silica SC input; laser-diode pulses; mid-IR supercontinuum generation; pumping; single-mode fiber; subsequent coupling; wavelength 1.55 mum; Couplings; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Pump lasers; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
