Octave spanning supercontinuum generation with a few-mode fiber

We propose and demonstrate the generation of a supercontinuum with a few-mode fiber. Due to the accommodation of a few-mode fiber in LP01 and LP11 modes, the system was engineered to detect the octave spanning supercontinuum in both modes. A mode-locked laser with 5.2 nm spectral bandwidth at a cent...

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Main Authors: Zulkifli, Mohd Zamani, Yasin, M., Awang, Noor Azura, Lau, K. Y., Muhammad, F. D, Abdul Kadir@Jaafar, Muhammad Zamzuri
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author Zulkifli, Mohd Zamani
Yasin, M.
Awang, Noor Azura
Lau, K. Y.
Muhammad, F. D
Abdul Kadir@Jaafar, Muhammad Zamzuri
author_facet Zulkifli, Mohd Zamani
Yasin, M.
Awang, Noor Azura
Lau, K. Y.
Muhammad, F. D
Abdul Kadir@Jaafar, Muhammad Zamzuri
author_sort Zulkifli, Mohd Zamani
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description We propose and demonstrate the generation of a supercontinuum with a few-mode fiber. Due to the accommodation of a few-mode fiber in LP01 and LP11 modes, the system was engineered to detect the octave spanning supercontinuum in both modes. A mode-locked laser with 5.2 nm spectral bandwidth at a central wavelength of 1557 nm, 0.92 ps pulse width, 13.36 MHz repetition rate, and 61.3 dB peak-to-pedestal extinction ratio was implemented with a carbon nanotube saturable absorber. This mode-locked laser was employed as a seed laser for the consecutive generation of supercontinuum with a 500 m few-mode fiber. The laser modes were adjusted with a mode filter to propagate in either LP01 or LP11 modes, which were accessed with a charge-coupled device camera. A fair comparison between a few-mode fiber and a single-mode fiber was made for supercontinuum generation in the LP01 mode. Despite the fact that the few-mode fiber has lower optical power than the single-mode fiber due to higher attenuation, this fiber provides flexible design of laser modes. This work demonstrates the first attempt to generate a supercontinuum with a few-mode fiber, whereby the broad tunable soliton and associated dispersive wave sources for both laser modes were comprehensively studied.
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spelling iium-820622020-08-11T08:19:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/82062/ Octave spanning supercontinuum generation with a few-mode fiber Zulkifli, Mohd Zamani Yasin, M. Awang, Noor Azura Lau, K. Y. Muhammad, F. D Abdul Kadir@Jaafar, Muhammad Zamzuri QC Physics We propose and demonstrate the generation of a supercontinuum with a few-mode fiber. Due to the accommodation of a few-mode fiber in LP01 and LP11 modes, the system was engineered to detect the octave spanning supercontinuum in both modes. A mode-locked laser with 5.2 nm spectral bandwidth at a central wavelength of 1557 nm, 0.92 ps pulse width, 13.36 MHz repetition rate, and 61.3 dB peak-to-pedestal extinction ratio was implemented with a carbon nanotube saturable absorber. This mode-locked laser was employed as a seed laser for the consecutive generation of supercontinuum with a 500 m few-mode fiber. The laser modes were adjusted with a mode filter to propagate in either LP01 or LP11 modes, which were accessed with a charge-coupled device camera. A fair comparison between a few-mode fiber and a single-mode fiber was made for supercontinuum generation in the LP01 mode. Despite the fact that the few-mode fiber has lower optical power than the single-mode fiber due to higher attenuation, this fiber provides flexible design of laser modes. This work demonstrates the first attempt to generate a supercontinuum with a few-mode fiber, whereby the broad tunable soliton and associated dispersive wave sources for both laser modes were comprehensively studied. Institute of Physics Publishing 2020-06-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/82062/1/2020%20-%20Octave%20spanning%20supercontinuum%20generation%20with%20a%20few-mode%20fiber.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/82062/7/82062_Octave%20spanning%20supercontinuum.pdf Zulkifli, Mohd Zamani and Yasin, M. and Awang, Noor Azura and Lau, K. Y. and Muhammad, F. D and Abdul Kadir@Jaafar, Muhammad Zamzuri (2020) Octave spanning supercontinuum generation with a few-mode fiber. Laser Physics, 30 (7). ISSN Institute of Physics Publishing E-ISSN 1555-6611 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1555-6611/ab8d29
spellingShingle QC Physics
Zulkifli, Mohd Zamani
Yasin, M.
Awang, Noor Azura
Lau, K. Y.
Muhammad, F. D
Abdul Kadir@Jaafar, Muhammad Zamzuri
Octave spanning supercontinuum generation with a few-mode fiber
title Octave spanning supercontinuum generation with a few-mode fiber
title_full Octave spanning supercontinuum generation with a few-mode fiber
title_fullStr Octave spanning supercontinuum generation with a few-mode fiber
title_full_unstemmed Octave spanning supercontinuum generation with a few-mode fiber
title_short Octave spanning supercontinuum generation with a few-mode fiber
title_sort octave spanning supercontinuum generation with a few-mode fiber
topic QC Physics
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/82062/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/82062/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/82062/1/2020%20-%20Octave%20spanning%20supercontinuum%20generation%20with%20a%20few-mode%20fiber.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/82062/7/82062_Octave%20spanning%20supercontinuum.pdf