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Numerical analysis of a broadband spectrum generated in a standard fiber by noise-like pulses from a passively mode-locked fiber laser
- Source :
- Optics Communications. 285:1915-1919
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2012.
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Abstract
- This paper covers a numerical analysis of supercontinuum spectrum generation in a piece of standard fiber by using as the pump noise-like pulses produced by a passively mode-locked fiber laser. An experimental study was also carried out, yielding results that support the numerical results. In the numerical study we estimated that the spectral extension of the generated supercontinuum reaches ~ 1000 nm, and that it presents a high flatness over a region of ~ 220 nm (1630 nm-1850 nm) when we use as the pump noise-like pulses with a wide optical bandwidth (~ 50 nm) and a peak power of ~ 2 kW. Experimentally, the output signal spectrum extends from ~ 1530 nm to at least 1750 nm and presents a high flatness over a region of 1640 nm to 1750 nm for the same value of numerical input power, 1750 nm being the upper limit of the optical spectrum analyzer. The numerical analysis presented here is thus an essential part to overcome the severe limitation in measuring capabilities and to understand the phenomena of supercontinuum generation, which is mainly related to Raman self-frequency shift. Finally, this work demonstrates the potential of noise-like pulses from a passively mode-locked fiber laser for broadband spectrum generation.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Optical fiber
business.industry
Numerical analysis
Bandwidth (signal processing)
Physics::Optics
Nonlinear optics
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Supercontinuum
law.invention
symbols.namesake
Optics
law
Fiber laser
Broadband
symbols
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
business
Raman spectroscopy
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00304018
- Volume :
- 285
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Optics Communications
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........a0f6674ce5fdf39c9baa0edc357e3ac3