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1.06 µm picosecond pulsed, normal dispersion pumping for generating efficient broadband infrared supercontinuum in meter-length single-mode tellurite holey fiber with high Raman gain coefficient

1.06 µm picosecond pulsed, normal dispersion pumping for generating efficient broadband infrared supercontinuum in meter-length single-mode tellurite holey fiber with high Raman gain coefficient
1.06 µm picosecond pulsed, normal dispersion pumping for generating efficient broadband infrared supercontinuum in meter-length single-mode tellurite holey fiber with high Raman gain coefficient
We investigate efficient broadband infrared supercontinuum generation in meter-length single-mode small-core tellurite holey fiber. The fiber is pumped by 1.06µm picosecond pulses in the normal dispersion region. The high Raman gain coefficient and the broad Raman gain bands of the tellurite glass are exploited to generate a cascade of Raman Stokes orders, which initiate in the highly normal dispersion region and quickly extend to longer wavelengths across the zero dispersion wavelength with increasing pump power. A broadband supercontinuum from 1.06µm to beyond 1.70µm is generated. The effects of the pump power and of the fiber length on the spectrum and on the power conversion efficiency from the pump to the supercontinuum are discussed. Power scaling indicates that using this viable normal dispersion pumping scheme, 9.5 W average output power of infrared supercontinuum and more than 60% conversion efficiency can be obtained from a 1 m long tellurite fiber with a large mode area of 500µm2.
nonlinear optics, raman scattering, nonsilica glass fiber, supercontinuum (sc) generation
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Shi, Jindan
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Shi, Jindan, Feng, Xian, Horak, Peter, Chen, Kangkang, Teh, Peh Siong, Alam, Shaif-ul, Loh, Wei H., Richardson, David J. and Ibsen, Morten (2011) 1.06 µm picosecond pulsed, normal dispersion pumping for generating efficient broadband infrared supercontinuum in meter-length single-mode tellurite holey fiber with high Raman gain coefficient. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 29 (22), 3461-3469. (doi:10.1109/JLT.2011.2169490).

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We investigate efficient broadband infrared supercontinuum generation in meter-length single-mode small-core tellurite holey fiber. The fiber is pumped by 1.06µm picosecond pulses in the normal dispersion region. The high Raman gain coefficient and the broad Raman gain bands of the tellurite glass are exploited to generate a cascade of Raman Stokes orders, which initiate in the highly normal dispersion region and quickly extend to longer wavelengths across the zero dispersion wavelength with increasing pump power. A broadband supercontinuum from 1.06µm to beyond 1.70µm is generated. The effects of the pump power and of the fiber length on the spectrum and on the power conversion efficiency from the pump to the supercontinuum are discussed. Power scaling indicates that using this viable normal dispersion pumping scheme, 9.5 W average output power of infrared supercontinuum and more than 60% conversion efficiency can be obtained from a 1 m long tellurite fiber with a large mode area of 500µm2.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 26 September 2011
Published date: 15 November 2011
Keywords: nonlinear optics, raman scattering, nonsilica glass fiber, supercontinuum (sc) generation
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 205561
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/205561
ISSN: 0733-8724
PURE UUID: 15063d48-add5-4c74-9a2a-489efc222d3c
ORCID for Peter Horak: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8710-8764
ORCID for David J. Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058

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Date deposited: 12 Dec 2011 15:06
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:13

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Author: Jindan Shi
Author: Xian Feng
Author: Peter Horak ORCID iD
Author: Kangkang Chen
Author: Peh Siong Teh
Author: Shaif-ul Alam
Author: Wei H. Loh
Author: Morten Ibsen

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