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T1 Cavity dispersion management in continuous-wave supercontinuum generation
A1 Martín López, Sonia
A1 Corredera, Pedro
A1 González Herráez, Miguel
K1 Nonlinear optics
K1 Fibers
K1 Nonlinear Optics
K1 Four-wave mixing
K1 Pulse propagation
K1 Solitons
K1 Lasers
K1 Fiber
K1 Electrónica
K1 Electronics
AB Supercontinuum generation using continuous-wave pumpingis usually obtained by pumping a suitable fiber with a high-power fiberlaser. Whereas many studies have concentrated in optimizing the dispersioncharacteristics of the nonlinear medium (the fiber) used to obtain thespectral broadening, very few have actually concentrated in optimizingthe pump laser characteristics, and in particular, the dispersion in thecavity. In this paper we experimentally demonstrate that the fiber lasercavity dispersion has a strong influence in Raman fiber laser-pumpedcontinuous-wave supercontinuum generation. We show that anomalousdispersion in the cavity favors spectral broadening over normal dispersion,since large, high-contrast intensity noise appears at the output of the laser.Additionally, we find that there is an optimum value of chromatic dispersioncoefficient to obtain the most efficient broadening.
PB Optical Society of America
SN 1094-4087
YR 2009
FD 2009-07-20
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/27340
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/27340
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia
DS MINDS@UW
RD 25-abr-2024