Double-clad nonlinear microstructured fiber for white laser applications

Author

Roy, Aude ; Leproux, Philippe ; Roy, Philippe ; Couderc, Vincent ; Février, Sébastien

Author_Institution

Fac. des Sci. et Tech., UMR CNRS 6615, Limoges

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We introduce the design of an amplifying and nonlinear microstructured optical fiber. This unusual guide permits the nonlinear propagation with regeneration of the pump wave. The first fabricated structure is experimentally tested for supercontinuum generation.

Keywords

optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; supercontinuum generation; double-clad fiber; microstructured fiber; nonlinear fiber; nonlinear propagation; optical fiber; optical fiber amplification; pump wave regeneration; supercontinuum generation; white laser applications; Fiber lasers; Laser applications; Microstructure; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Photonic crystal fibers; Supercontinuum generation; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (190.4370) Nonlinear optics fibers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627749

Filename

4627749