Supercontinuum generation in a photonic crystal fiber with two zero dispersion wavelengths
Author(s) -
Karen Marie Hilligsøe,
Thomas Vestergaard Andersen,
H.N. Paulsen,
Carsten K. Nielsen,
Klaus Mølmer,
S. R. Keiding,
R.E. Kristiansen,
K.P. Hansen,
Jakob Juul Larsen
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/opex.12.001045
Subject(s) - supercontinuum , photonic crystal fiber , optics , zero dispersion wavelength , self phase modulation , materials science , dispersion (optics) , nonlinear photonic crystal , wavelength , dispersion shifted fiber , four wave mixing , photonic crystal , nonlinear optics , optical fiber , optoelectronics , physics , laser , fiber optic sensor
We demonstrate supercontinuum generation in a highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber with two closely lying zero dispersion wavelengths. The special dispersion of the fiber has a profound influence on the supercontinuum which is generated through self-phase modulation and phasematched four-wave mixing and not soliton fission as in the initial photonic crystal fibers. The supercontinuum has high spectral density and is extremely independent of the input pulse over a wide range of input pulse parameters. Simulations show that the supercontinuum can be compressed to ultrashort pulses.
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