title: Visible continuum generation using a femtosecond erbium-doped fiber laser and a silica nonlinear fiber.
abstract: Supercontinuum extending to visible wavelengths is generated in a hybrid silica nonlinear fiber pumped at 1560 nm by a femtosecond, erbium-doped fiber laser. The hybrid nonlinear fiber consists of a short length of highly nonlinear, germano-silicate fiber (HNLF) spliced to a length of photonic crystal fiber (PCF). A 2 cm length of HNLF provides an initial stage of continuum generation due to higher-order soliton compression and dispersive wave generation before launching into the PCF. The visible radiation is generated in the fundamental mode of the PCF.
authors.affiliation: OFS Laboratories, 19 Schoolhouse Road, Suite 105, Somerset, New Jersey 08873, USA. jwn@ofsoptics.com
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authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Nicholson
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authors.lastname: Bise
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authors.lastname: Alonzo
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authors.lastname: Stockert
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authors.lastname: Trevor
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authors.lastname: Dimarcello
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authors.lastname: Monberg
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authors.lastname: Westbrook
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authors.lastname: Feder
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authors.lastname: Grüner-Nielsen