Supercontinuum In Photonic Crystal Fiber Research Articles

The influences of dispersions on supercontinuum in photonic crystal fiber

The generation of supercontinuum (SC) is the result of nonlinear effect and dispersion. In order to better understand the broadening mechanism of SC, this paper studies the influences of various dispersions on SC generation and evolution in photonic crystal fiber.

Record power, ultra-broadband supercontinuum source based on highly GeO2 doped silica fiber.

We demonstrate highly germania doped fibers for mid-infrared supercontinuum generation. Experiments ensure a highest output power of 1.44 W for a broadest spectrum from 700 nm to 3200 nm and 6.4 W for 800 nm to 2700 nm from these fibers, while being pumped by a broadband Erbium-Ytterbium doped fiber based master oscillator power amplifier. The effect of repetition frequency of pump source and length of germania-doped fiber has also been investigated. Further, germania doped fiber has been pumped by conventional supercontinuum source based on silica photonic crystal fiber supercontinuum source. At low power, a considerable broadening of 200-300 nm was observed. Further broadening of spectrum was limited due to limited power of pump source. Our investigations reveal the unexploited potential of germania doped fiber for mid-infrared supercontinuum generation. These measurements ensure the potential of germania based photonic crystal fiber or a step-index fiber supercontinuum source for high power ultra-broad band emission being by pumped a 1060 nm or a 1550 nm laser source. To the best of our knowledge, this is the record power, ultra-broadband, and all-fiberized supercontinuum light source based on silica and germania fiber ever demonstrated to the date.

Broadband Mid-Infrared Supercontinuum Spectra Spanning 2–15 μm Using As2Se3 Chalcogenide Glass Triangular-Core Graded-Index Photonic Crystal Fiber

In this paper, we report analysis, design, and numerical modeling of mid-infrared supercontinuum generation across 2-15 μm molecular “fingerprint region” using a new design of triangular-core graded-index photonic crystal fiber (PCF) pumped with 50 fs laser pulses of peak power of 3.5 kW at 4.1 μm. Proposed PCF design offers the nonlinear coefficient as high as 1944 W -1 · Km -1 at pump wavelength. To the best of our knowledge, the supercontinuum in PCF with such broadband spectra has been reported first time. Proposed PCF design has potential applications in gas sensing, food quality control, and early cancer diagnostics.

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A compact seven-core photonic crystal fiber supercontinuum source with 42.3 W output power

We have fabricated a new type of seven-core photonic crystal fiber and demonstrated its all-fiber supercontinuum source pumped with a ytterbium-doped fiber master oscillator power amplifier. The generated supercontinuum covers the wavelength range from 720 nm to beyond 1700 nm, with an output power of 42.3 W. It is the first high-power all-fiber SC source based on seven-core photonic crystal fiber.

Soliton trapping of dispersive waves during supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber

Using the generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation, we present a numerical study of trapping of dispersive waves by solitons during femtosecond pumped supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber with single or double zero dispersive wavelength. Numerical simulation results show that the generated supercontinuum in photonic crystal fiber with two zero dispersive wavelengths includes both blue-shifted dispersive wave (B-DW) and red-shifted dispersive wave (R-DW) while the generated supercontinuum in photonic crystal fiber with single zero dispersive wavelength has only blue-shifted dispersive wave. We find a novel phenomenon that not only B-DW but also R-DW can be trapped by solitions via four-wave mixing when the group-velocity matching between the soliton and the dispersive wave is satisfied, thus leading to the generation of new spectral components. In order to clearly display the evolution of soliton trapping of dispersive waves, the spectrogram of output pulses is observed using cross-correlation frequency-resolved optical gating technique.

Efficient spectral broadening of supercontinuum in photonic crystal fiber with self-phase modulation induced by femtosecond laser pulse

The authors experimentally demonstrated the generation of a supercontinuum (SC) in a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) using laser power of 0.8 W with 100 fs pulse duration at 1028 nm wavelength. The SC spectrum extended from 420 nm to 1650 nm using a 10 cm long PCF, for a wavelength difference of 275 nm between the pump laser and the zero dispersion wavelength (ZDW). This extension of the SC originates from the self-phase modulation induced broadening in the PCF of the femtosecond laser pulse. This study shows the effectiveness of this technique to extend the SC spectrum.

Numerical simulation of soliton trapping of the supercontinuum in photonic crystal fiber

In this paper, we numerically study the soliton trapping of supercontinuum in photonic crystal fiber by solving generalized nolinear Schrödinger equation. Using the cross-correlation frequency resolved optical gating (X-FROG) technique, the propagation of the supercontinuum is recorded along the fiber and the evolution of soliton trapping is observed. When the phase-matching condition is met, new frequency of the pulse trapping is generated from four-wave mixing of soliton with nonsolitonic radiation, and is continuously blueshifted while the soliton is redshifted. Higher pump-power shows the strong interaction between soliton and nonsolitonic radiation. Provided in the paper is a theoretical basis for tunable ultra-short laser pulses and supercontinuum researches.

Broad spectral sliced multiwavelength source with a mode locked fiber laser

A simple multi-wavelength source is demonstrated based on spectral slicing of supercontinuum (SC) light using a Sagnac loop mirror. A mode locked fiber laser with pulse width of 800 fs is employed to generate the SC in photonic crystal fiber (PCF). The SC light extending from 1200 nm up to the wavelength region above 1750 nm is obtained at the amplified pulse pump power of 30 dBm. By slicing the SC with a loop mirror, a multiwavelength comb spectrum is obtained with different channel spacing for different operating wavelength region. Spacings of 1.5, 2.3, and 2.9 nm are shown at wavelength regions of 1220, 1450, and 1730 nm, respectively. It is also observed that the signal to noise ratio (SNR) increases from 15 to 20 dB as the operating wavelength increases from 1220 to 1730 nm region.

Parametrically amplified ultrashort pulses from a shaped photonic crystal fiber supercontinuum

By seeding a noncollinear optical parametric amplifier with a photonic crystal fiber supercontinuum, temporally well-defined amplified output pulses have been generated with durations down to 13 fs. The phase of the supercontinuum seed has been characterized by the ZAP-SPIDER technique and can be tailored with a femtosecond pulse shaper. Thus, a very flexible source for arbitrarily shaped, amplified ultrashort laser pulses has been realized.