Tapered photonic crystal fiber for supercontinuum generation in telecommunication windows

Abstract

We numerically studied supercontinuum generation in a tapered photonic crystal fiber with flattened dispersion properties. The fiber was weakly tapered to have normal dispersion at wavelengths around 1.55 μm after a certain distance. We pumped 4 ps pulses with low peak power and found that flatly broadened, wideband supercontinuum was generated in telecommunication windows. Furthermore, we also demonstrated the effects of tapered length and pulse width of the pump pulse on supercontinuum generation.

Keywords

fiber optics / photonic crystal fiber / dispersion / supercontinuum

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Foundation for Key Program of Ministry of Education, China (Grant No. 104046).

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