250- \mu J Broadband Supercontinuum Generated Using a Q-Switched Tapered Fiber Laser

We demonstrate supercontinuum generation in a photonic crystal fiber pumped with 50-ns pulses from a Q -switched tapered fiber laser. The continuum spans from 600 nm to beyond 1600 nm with pulse energy up to 250 μJ at the repetition rate of 1 kHz. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the hi...

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Published in:IEEE photonics technology letters 2011-03, Vol.23 (6), p.380-382
Main Authors: Kerttula, J, Filippov, V, Chamorovskii, Y, Golant, K, Okhotnikov, O G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Fiber lasers
Laser excitation
Optical fiber dispersion
Optical fiber lasers
Optimized production technology
Photonic crystal fibers
Pump lasers
Q -switched lasers
Supercontinuum generation
tapered double-clad fiber
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Summary:We demonstrate supercontinuum generation in a photonic crystal fiber pumped with 50-ns pulses from a Q -switched tapered fiber laser. The continuum spans from 600 nm to beyond 1600 nm with pulse energy up to 250 μJ at the repetition rate of 1 kHz. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the highest pulse energy of a broadband supercontinuum demonstrated to date.
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/LPT.2011.2106490