Supercontinuum Generation from UV to 3.85 µm in a Fluoride Fiber

Conference: ECOC 2009 - 35th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/20/2009 - 09/24/2009 at Vienna, Austria

Proceedings: ECOC 2009

Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Qin, Guanshi; Yan, Xin; Kito, Chihiro; Liao, Meisong; Chaudhari, Chitrarekha; Suzuki, Takenobu; Ohishi, Yasutake (Research Center of Advanced Photon Technology, Toyota Technological Institute, 2-12-1 Hisakata, Tempaku, Nagoya 468-8511, Japan)

Abstract:
We report what we believe to be the first demonstration of supercontinuum generation from UV to 3.85 µm in a 2.5 cm long fluoride fiber pumped by a 1450 nm femtosecond laser.