Coherent octave spanning near-infrared and visible supercontinuum generation in all-normal dispersion photonic crystal fibers

We present the first detailed demonstrations of octave-spanning SC generation in all-normal dispersion photonic crystal fibers (ANDi PCF) in the visible and near-infrared spectral regions. The resulting spectral profiles are extremely flat without significant fine structure and with excellent stabil...

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Veröffentlicht in:Optics express 2011-02, Vol.19 (4), p.3775-3787
Hauptverfasser: Heidt, Alexander M, Hartung, Alexander, Bosman, Gurthwin W, Krok, Patrizia, Rohwer, Erich G, Schwoerer, Heinrich, Bartelt, Hartmut
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We present the first detailed demonstrations of octave-spanning SC generation in all-normal dispersion photonic crystal fibers (ANDi PCF) in the visible and near-infrared spectral regions. The resulting spectral profiles are extremely flat without significant fine structure and with excellent stability and coherence properties. The key benefit of SC generation in ANDi PCF is the conservation of a single ultrashort pulse in the time domain with smooth and recompressible phase distribution. For the first time we confirm the exceptional temporal properties of the generated SC pulses experimentally and demonstrate their applicability in ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy. The experimental results are in excellent agreement with numerical simulations, which are used to illustrate the SC generation dynamics by self-phase modulation and optical wave breaking. To our knowledge, we present the broadest spectra generated in the normal dispersion regime of an optical fiber.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.19.003775