title: Supercontinuum generation at 1.55 m in a dispersion-flattened polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber.
abstract: We demonstrate the generation of symmetrical supercontinuum of over 40 nm in the 1.55 m region (1540 - 1580 nm) by injecting 1562 nm, 2.2 ps, 40 GHz optical pulses into a 200 m-long, dispersion-flattened polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber. The chromatic dispersion and dispersion slope of the fiber at 1.55 m are -0.23 ps/km/nm and 0.01 ps/km/nm2, respectively. This is the first report of 1.55 m band supercontinuum generation in a dispersion-flattened and polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawanishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi