Picosecond supercontinuum generation seeded by a weak continuous wave

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/22/7/074205

Abstract We experimentally investigate the spectral details of picosecond supercontinuum pumped at 1064 nm and seeded by a weak continuous wave (～20000 times weaker than the pulse peak power) at several power levels in photonic crystal fibers. Seeding at different wavelengths leads to different spectral details, and the effects to the bandwidth of supercontinuum are also distinct. Spectra can be widened when seeded a continuous wave at 1070 nm, and be narrowed for ～100 nm when seeded at 1080 nm. The influence is enhanced with increasing seeded average power.

Keywords: supercontinuum seeded by a weak continuous wave modulation instability four-wave mixing

Received: 11 October 2012
Revised: 09 January 2013
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PACS:	42.65.-k	(Nonlinear optics)
	42.60.Fc	(Modulation, tuning, and mode locking)
	42.65.Wi	(Nonlinear waveguides)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61235008 and 61077076), the International Science & Technology Cooperation of China (Grant No. 2012DFG11470), the Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Hunan Province, China (Grant No. 12JJ1010).

Corresponding Authors: Hou Jing
E-mail: houjing25@sina.com

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Li Ying (李荧), Hou Jing (侯静), Leng Jin-Yong (冷进勇), Wang Wen-Liang (王文亮), Jiang Zong-Fu (姜宗福) Picosecond supercontinuum generation seeded by a weak continuous wave 2013 Chin. Phys. B 22 074205

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