Title :
Improved flatness of a supercontinuum at 1.55 µm in tapered microstructured optical fibres
Author :
Vukovic, Natasha ; Broderick, Neil G R
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
Supercontinuum (SC) generation occurs when high-power ultrashort optical pulses propagate through a nonlinear optical medium and it has been investigated since 1970s. Microstructured optical fibres (MOFs) have enabled major advances in obtaining SC spectral broadening over the past decade, leading to the development of new inexpensive and efficient sources. Low cost SC will find new applications in diverse areas such as telecommunications, optical frequency metrology, spectroscopy etc.
Keywords :
micro-optics; optical fibre dispersion; spectral line broadening; supercontinuum generation; high-power ultrashort optical pulse; microstructured optical fibres; nonlinear optical medium; optical dispersion calculation; spectral broadening; supercontinuum generation; wavelength 1.55 mum; Costs; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency diversity; Metrology; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196525
