Femtosecond pulse source based on soliton filtering from a supercontinuum generated in a microstructured fiber

In this article we report the implementation of a tunable source of ultrashort pulses, based on the generation of a supercontinuum in a photonic crystal fiber, using sub-100 fs pulses from a Ti:sapphire oscillator, and filtering the soliton with the longest wavelength out of the continuum. Using a z...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: J. Licea Rodríguez, K. Garay Palmett, R. Rangel Rojo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Redalyc-UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:57019193007
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57019193007
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
Optical solitons
ultrashort pulses
solitons in optical fibers
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Sumario:In this article we report the implementation of a tunable source of ultrashort pulses, based on the generation of a supercontinuum in a photonic crystal fiber, using sub-100 fs pulses from a Ti:sapphire oscillator, and filtering the soliton with the longest wavelength out of the continuum. Using a zero dispersion filtering system we were able to get a pulse duration close to the minimum possible for the soliton. The pulses obtained were continuously tunable in the 850-1100 nm range, and tuning was achieved by input pulse energy variation. We present a complete characterization of the filtered pulses and show that the experimental results have a qualitative agreement with theory.