Generation of white light laser radiation in tapered fibers

Rui Zhang; Jörn Teipel; D. Türke; Harald Giessen

doi:10.1117/12.674318

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22 February 2006 Generation of white light laser radiation in tapered fibers

Rui Zhang, Jörn Teipel, D. Türke, Harald Giessen

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Proceedings Volume 6101, Laser Beam Control and Applications; 61010H (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.674318
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2006, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Tapered fibers have shown high efficiency to generate white light continua, which have many important applications such as pulse compression, spectroscopy, pump-probe measurements, and optical frequency metrology. In this paper, we discuss the principle of white light continuum generation in tapered fibers with incident pulse durations in the femtosecond and picosecond range. We are going to demonstrate some new technologies to design and improve the spectral characteristics of supercontinuum generation, which make tapered fibers very convenient for the construction of white light sources.

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Rui Zhang, Jörn Teipel, D. Türke, and Harald Giessen "Generation of white light laser radiation in tapered fibers", Proc. SPIE 6101, Laser Beam Control and Applications, 61010H (22 February 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.674318

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