Near-infrared supercontinuum source by intracavity silica-based highly-nonlinear fiber

López-Ripa, M. ; Jarabo, S. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Salgado-Remacha, F.J. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Near-infrared supercontinuum generation by using silica-based highly-nonlinear fiber placed inside of the ring-cavity of an erbium-doped fiber laser pulsed by mode-locking is experimentally demonstrated. Only one erbium-doped fiber amplifier is employed to generate supercontinuum with a spectral width as long as 830 nm (from 1205 to 2035 nm) and a spectral power higher than -30 dBm/nm. To generate supercontinuum, it is not necessary a second amplifier to raise the power of the laser pulses coupled into the nonlinear fiber. Moreover, all the devices employed are commercial and available at any photonics laboratory. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of this kind of device by pumping the nonlinear fiber in the third window of communications.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1364/OL.44.002016

Año: 2019

Publicado en: Optics Letters 44, 8 (2019), 2016-2019
ISSN: 0146-9592

Factor impacto JCR: 3.714 (2019)

Categ. JCR: OPTICS rank: 18 / 97 = 0.186 (2019) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.788 - Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/T20-17R

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Física Aplicada (Dpto. Física Aplicada)
Área (Departamento): Área Óptica (Dpto. Física Aplicada)