Title :
Multi-watt supercontinuum generation from 0.3 to 2.4 μm in PCF tapers
Author :
Travers, J.C. ; Rulkov, A.B. ; Popov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R. ; Kudlinski, A. ; George, A.K. ; Knight, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Femtosecond Optics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, SW7 2BW, UK
Abstract :
Supercontinua spanning 320-2400nm have been generated in long photonic-crystal-fiber tapers. Total average powers of over 3.5W and spectral-power-densities in the blue of over 5mW/nm are demonstrated. Use as a broadly-tunable pulse source is proposed.
Keywords :
Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Photonic crystal fibers; Pump lasers; Supercontinuum generation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431336
