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Chin. Phys. B, 2019, Vol. 28(6): 064204    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/28/6/064204
ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS Prev   Next  

Supercontinuum generation of highly nonlinear fibers pumped by 1.57-μm laser soliton

Song-Tao Fan(樊松涛)1,2, Yan-Yan Zhang(张颜艳)1,2, Lu-Lu Yan(闫露露)1,2, Wen-Ge Guo(郭文阁)1, Shou-Gang Zhang(张首刚)1,2, Hai-Feng Jiang(姜海峰)1,2
1 Key Laboratory of Time and Frequency Primary Standards, National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710600, China;
2 School of Astronomy and Space Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Abstract  

Highly nonlinear fibers (HNLFs) are crucial components for supercontinuum (SC) generation with laser solution. However, it is difficult to exactly estimate the structure of produced SC according to material parameters. To give a guideline for choosing and using HNLFs for erbium-fiber-based optical applications, we demonstrate SC generation in five types of HNLFs pumped by 1.57-μm laser solitons. All five fibers output a SC exceeding 1000 nm. Three different SC formation processes were observed in the experiment. By comparing optical parameters of these fibers, we find the zero dispersion wavelength (ZDW) of fiber has an important influence on the SC structure and energy distribution for a given pump source.

Keywords:  highly nonlinear fiber      erbium-fiber laser      supercontinuum generation  
Received:  08 March 2019      Revised:  26 March 2019      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  42.55.Wd (Fiber lasers)  
  42.62.Eh (Metrological applications; optical frequency synthesizers for precision spectroscopy)  
  42.65.-k (Nonlinear optics)  
  42.65.Tg (Optical solitons; nonlinear guided waves)  
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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 91536217 and 61825505).

Corresponding Authors:  Hai-Feng Jiang     E-mail:  haifeng.jiang@ntsc.ac.cn

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Song-Tao Fan(樊松涛), Yan-Yan Zhang(张颜艳), Lu-Lu Yan(闫露露), Wen-Ge Guo(郭文阁), Shou-Gang Zhang(张首刚), Hai-Feng Jiang(姜海峰) Supercontinuum generation of highly nonlinear fibers pumped by 1.57-μm laser soliton 2019 Chin. Phys. B 28 064204

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