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Fiber‐optical wavelength conversion based on double‐pass supercontinuum generation
Author(s) -
Zhang Zuxing,
Ye Zhiqing,
Sang Minghuang,
Nie Yiyou
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.23558
Subject(s) - supercontinuum , optics , microwave , fiber laser , bandwidth (computing) , materials science , wavelength , optoelectronics , laser , photonic crystal fiber , physics , telecommunications , computer science
Abstract We have proposed and demonstrated a fiber‐optical scheme of wavelength conversion based on double‐pass supercontinuum generation. An actively mode‐locked fiber laser is first constructed. Then the generation of enhanced supercontinuum with 120‐nm bandwidth is experimentally achieved using double‐pass configuration, which is 30% broader than that of 90 nm using single‐pass configuration. We ultimately attain the converted pulse train with the same repetition rate as that of the actively mode‐locked pulse after filtering of FBG. It is a potential technique for one‐to‐multiple wavelength conversion with series‐wound FBGs. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 50: 1987–1989, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.23558