Supercontinuum generation and its applications

Hideyuki Sotobayashi; Juliet T. Gopinath; Hanfei M. Shen; Jason W. Sickler; Peter T. Rakich; Erich P. Ippen

doi:10.1117/12.633412

24 October 2005 Supercontinuum generation and its applications

Hideyuki Sotobayashi, Juliet T. Gopinath, Hanfei M. Shen, Jason W. Sickler, Peter T. Rakich, Erich P. Ippen

Proceedings Volume 6014, Active and Passive Optical Components for WDM Communications V; 60140T (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.633412
Event: Optics East 2005, 2005, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we describe the design theory for the supercontinuum spectrum generation in an optical fiber. To generate a wideband supercontinuum spectrum, the balance between fiber nonlinearity and the amount of group velocity dispersion is important. Secondly, the experimental results of supercontinuum generation are shown. A few kinds of optical fibers such as a highly nonlinear dispersion-shifted fiber and a highly nonlinear bismuth-oxide fiber are tested. Finally several applications of supercontinuum light are described. We demonstrate multi-wavelength light source, wavelength conversion, multiplexing format conversion, and optical characterization using a supercontinuum light source.

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Hideyuki Sotobayashi, Juliet T. Gopinath, Hanfei M. Shen, Jason W. Sickler, Peter T. Rakich, and Erich P. Ippen "Supercontinuum generation and its applications", Proc. SPIE 6014, Active and Passive Optical Components for WDM Communications V, 60140T (24 October 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.633412

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