• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 20, Issue 1, 011405 (2022)
Song Zhang, Man Jiang*, Can Li, Rongtao Su, Pu Zhou, and Zongfu Jiang
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  • College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202220.011405 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Song Zhang, Man Jiang, Can Li, Rongtao Su, Pu Zhou, Zongfu Jiang. High-power broadband supercontinuum generation through a simple narrow-bandwidth FBGs-based fiber laser cavity[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(1): 011405 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The generation of supercontinuum (SC) often requires ultrashort pulsed lasers with high peak power and gain media with large nonlinear coefficients, such as a long piece of fiber or photonic crystal fiber. In this Letter, we propose and demonstrate that high-power SC can be generated through a simple narrow-bandwidth fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs)-based laser cavity without any modulation, based on the mechanism of intense nonlinear effects induced by the inherent self-pulsation generated inside the cavity. In the experiment, an 80 W SC laser with the spectrum range from <600 nm to 1600 nm was achieved. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report about SC generation through a simple fiber laser cavity. This work enriches the research content of SC and provides a cost-effective method for high-power SC lasers.
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    Song Zhang, Man Jiang, Can Li, Rongtao Su, Pu Zhou, Zongfu Jiang. High-power broadband supercontinuum generation through a simple narrow-bandwidth FBGs-based fiber laser cavity[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(1): 011405
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