Octave spanning supercontinuum generation with 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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| 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 | upm-869622022-09-05T02:57:30Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86962/ Octave spanning supercontinuum generation with few-mode fiber Zulkifli, Mohd Zamani Yasin, Moh Awang, Noor Azura Lau, Kuen Yao Muhammad, Farah Diana Abdul Kadir, Zamzuri 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. IOP Publishing 2020-06-08 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86962/1/Octave%20spanning%20supercontinuum.pdf Zulkifli, Mohd Zamani and Yasin, Moh and Awang, Noor Azura and Lau, Kuen Yao and Muhammad, Farah Diana and Abdul Kadir, Zamzuri (2020) Octave spanning supercontinuum generation with few-mode fiber. Laser Physics, 30 (7). p. 75104. ISSN 1054-660X; ESSN: 1555-6611 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1555-6611/ab8d29 |
| spellingShingle | Zulkifli, Mohd Zamani Yasin, Moh Awang, Noor Azura Lau, Kuen Yao Muhammad, Farah Diana Abdul Kadir, Zamzuri Octave spanning supercontinuum generation with few-mode fiber |
| title | Octave spanning supercontinuum generation with few-mode fiber |
| title_full | Octave spanning supercontinuum generation with few-mode fiber |
| title_fullStr | Octave spanning supercontinuum generation with few-mode fiber |
| title_full_unstemmed | Octave spanning supercontinuum generation with few-mode fiber |
| title_short | Octave spanning supercontinuum generation with few-mode fiber |
| title_sort | octave spanning supercontinuum generation with few-mode fiber |
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