Low-threshold supercontinuum generation for a gain-switched 1126-nm fiber laser

Andrey A. Machnev, Viktor Trushin, Igor V. Mel'nikov, J. Gary Eden

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Abstract

We present an experimental treatment for the supercontinuum (SC) generated through a photonic band-gap fiber by a sub-microsecond pulse launched from a gain-switched 1126-nm fiber laser. The SC spectrally spans over a half-octave (~1.0-1.6 μm) and is attainable yet at fairly moderate fiber length (tens of cm). The SC generation process is shown to originate from silica nodes of the fiber cladding ("secondary cores"), where the pump radiation is tightly focused, and to be triggered out by a four -wave mixing process, which is boosted up by the Raman response in the fiber.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationNonlinear Optics, NLO 2015
PublisherOptical Society of America (OSA)
ISBN (Print)9781557520012
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
EventNonlinear Optics, NLO 2015 - Kauai, United States
Duration: Jul 26 2015Jul 31 2015

Publication series

NameNonlinear Optics, NLO 2015

Other

OtherNonlinear Optics, NLO 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityKauai
Period7/26/157/31/15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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