Low-threshold supercontinuum generation in glasses doped with silver nanoparticles
Author(s) -
Rodislav Driben,
A. Husakou,
Joachım Herrmann
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.17.017989
Subject(s) - supercontinuum , materials science , self phase modulation , optics , octave (electronics) , doppler broadening , wavelength , nonlinear optics , doping , pulse duration , optoelectronics , photonic crystal fiber , spectral line , laser , physics , astronomy
We present a comprehensive study of low-threshold supercontinuum generation using the large frequency-dependent enhancement of the nonlinearity in glasses doped with silver nanoparticles. We predict octave-spanning asymmetric, blue-shifted spectral broadening of fs pulses with intensity in the range of tens of GW/cm(2). We also demonstrate the dependence of the spectral broadening on different physical parameters such as central operating wavelength, pulse duration, input power and the filling factor of the nanoparticles.
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