Zero-dispersion wavelength decreasing photonic crystal fibers for ultraviolet-extended supercontinuum generation
Alexandre Kudlinski,A.K. George,Jonathan Knight,John C. Travers,A. B. Rulkov,Sergei Popov,James Taylor +6 more
TLDR
The fabrication of photonic crystal fibers with a continuously-decreasing zero-dispersion wavelength along their length is reported, designed to extend the generation of supercontinuum spectra from the visible into the ultraviolet.Abstract:
We report the fabrication of photonic crystal fibers with a continuously-decreasing zero-dispersion wavelength along their length. These tapered fibers are designed to extend the generation of supercontinuum spectra from the visible into the ultraviolet. We report on their performance when pumped with both nanosecond and picosecond sources at 1.064 microm. The supercontinuum spectra have a spectral width (measured at the 10 dB points) extending from 0.372 microm to beyond 1.75 microm. In an optimal configuration a flat (3 dB) spectrum from 395 to 850 nm, with a minimum spectral power density of 2 mW/nm was achieved, with a total continuum output power of 3.5 W. We believe that the shortest wavelengths were generated by cascaded four-wave mixing: the continuous decrease of the zero dispersion wavelength along the fiber length enables the phase-matching condition to be satisfied for a wide range of wavelengths into the ultraviolet, while simultaneously increasing the nonlinear coefficient of the fiber.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Fiber supercontinuum sources (Invited)
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide experimental design guidelines tailored ytterbium and erbium-based pumps around 1060 and 1550 nm, respectively, for supercontinuum generation in optical fibers.
Journal ArticleDOI
Dispersion-managed solitons in fibre systems and lasers
TL;DR: In this article, the authors overview the field of the dispersion managed solitons starting from mathematical theories of Hamiltonian and dissipative systems and then discuss recent advances in practical implementation of this concept in fibre-optics and lasers.
Journal ArticleDOI
Roadmap on optical rogue waves and extreme events
Nail Akhmediev,Bertrand Kibler,Fabio Baronio,Milivoj R. Belic,Wei-Ping Zhong,Yiqi Zhang,Wonkeun Chang,Jose M. Soto-Crespo,Peter Vouzas,Philippe Grelu,Caroline Lecaplain,Kamal Hammani,Sergio Rica,Antonio Picozzi,Mustapha Tlidi,Krassimir Panajotov,Arnaud Mussot,Abdelkrim Bendahmane,Pascal Szriftgiser,Goëry Genty,John M. Dudley,Alexandre Kudlinski,Ayhan Demircan,Uwe Morgner,Shalva Amiraranashvili,Carsten Brée,G. Steinmeyer,Cristina Masoller,Neil G. R. Broderick,Antoine F. J. Runge,Miro Erkintalo,Stefania Residori,Umberto Bortolozzo,F. T. Arecchi,Stefan Wabnitz,C.G.L. Tiofack,Saliya Coulibaly,Majid Taki +37 more
TL;DR: The concept of optical rogue wave was introduced by Solli et al. as discussed by the authors, who defined it as "an optical pulse whose amplitude or intensity is much higher than that of the surrounding pulses".
Journal ArticleDOI
Supercontinuum radiation for applications in chemical sensing and microscopy
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the use of supercontinuum sources to construct novel instrumentation for chemical sensing and provide an outlook and a summary of where and how the field may develop over coming years.
Journal ArticleDOI
Fluid-Filled Solid-Core Photonic Bandgap Fibers
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the mechanisms and models of light guidance in solid-core photonic bandgap fibers (SC-PBGF), and how the guidance properties are sensitive to the refractive index of the infiltrated fluid.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
All-silica single-mode optical fiber with photonic crystal cladding
TL;DR: The fabrication of a new type of optical waveguide: the photonic crystal fiber that supports a single robust low-loss guided mode over a very broad spectral range of at least 458-1550 nm.
Journal ArticleDOI
Visible continuum generation in air–silica microstructure optical fibers with anomalous dispersion at 800 nm
TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate experimentally that air-silica microstructure optical fibers can exhibit anomalous dispersion at visible wavelengths, and exploit this feature to generate an optical continuum 550 THz in width, extending from the violet to the infrared.
Journal ArticleDOI
Emission in the Region 4000 to 7000 Å Via Four-Photon Coupling in Glass
Robert R. Alfano,S. L. Shapiro +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, four-photon stimulated scattering has been observed in borosilicate glass under high-power 5300-AA{} picosecond-pulse excitation.
Journal ArticleDOI
Anomalous dispersion in photonic crystal fiber
Jonathan Knight,Jesús Arriaga,Tim A. Birks,A. Ortigosa-Blanch,William J. Wadsworth,P. St. J. Russell +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the measured group-velocity dispersion characteristics of several air-silica photonic crystal fibers with anomalous group velocity dispersion at visible and near-infrared wavelengths.
Journal ArticleDOI
Demonstration of ultra-flattened dispersion in photonic crystal fibers
TL;DR: This work demonstrates photonic crystal fibers with ultra-flattened, near zero dispersion with micro-structured fibers showing dispersion of 0 +/- 0.6 ps/nm from 1.24 microm-1.6 microm wavelength.