Flatly broadened supercontinuum generation in nonlinear fibers using a mode locked bismuth oxide based erbium doped fiber laser
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Abstract
Supercontinuum generation with considerable flatness and low fluctuation is investigated in nonlinear fibers by amplification of pulsed seed signal of a stable mode locked bismuth oxide based erbium doped fiber laser. Spectral expansion from 980 to 1750 nm is obtained by 340 fs pulses at 1560 nm amplified up to 177 kW in a dispersion flattened highly non-linear fiber. A comparison is made for different types of nonlinear fibers and evaluation of spectral bandwidth at high powers is probed.
Keywords
Bismuth oxide-based erbium doped fiber, Mode locked laser, Supercontinuum
Divisions
fac_eng,PHYSICS
Publication Title
Laser Physics Letters
Volume
8
Issue
5
Publisher
IOP Publishing