Abstract
Wideband, octave spanning, coherent supercontinuum (SC) with high flatness is very useful for many applications, but it has been difficult to achieve such ideal SC. In this paper, we investigated the octave spanning, coherent SC generation based on Er-doped ultrashort pulse fiber laser system. First, we developed a high power ultrashort pulse system using a single-wall carbon nanotube fiber laser and similariton amplifier. A 1.0–2.2 μ m octave-spanning coherent supercontinuum was successfully generated. Next, by use of a stabilized fiber laser comb system as the seed pulse, an octave spanning SC comb was demonstrated. An octave spanning, highly coherent comb with high flatness was generated with normally dispersive highly nonlinear fiber. The characteristics of the generated supercontinuum comb were examined via balanced heterodyne beat measurements with stable continuous-wave laser diodes. The SC comb was confirmed to have high coherence and low amplitude noise at the observed wavelengths. Finally, the SC generation in two kinds of highly nonlinear fibers with different dispersion properties and the characteristics of the generated comb were examined. The dependence on fiber length, wavelength, and dispersion properties were discussed.
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