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Multiple supercontinuum generation based on a single mode‐locked seed fiber laser
Author(s) -
Amiri Iraj S.,
Hassan N. A.,
Ahmad H.
Publication year - 2018
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.31064
Subject(s) - supercontinuum , materials science , optics , laser , fiber laser , wavelength , bandwidth (computing) , optoelectronics , comb filter , photonic crystal fiber , physics , telecommunications , computer science
Abstract In this work, multiple supercontinuum spectrum generation using single pulsed seed fiber laser is demonstrated. A mode‐locked laser that operates at 17.6 MHz repetition rate is filtered into six different wavelengths with 1 nm full‐width‐half‐maximum over the range from 1560.4 nm to 1565.4 nm using a tunable band‐pass filter. Each filtered wavelength is amplified and launched into a highly nonlinear medium to generate supercontinuum. The multiple supercontinuum spectra span a bandwidth of over 1000 nm each—in the wavelength range from 1200 nm to 2200 nm.