• Photonic Sensors
  • Vol. 9, Issue 4, 302 (2019)
Huanhuan LIU, Ye YU, Wei SONG, Qiao JIANG, Fufei PANG*, and and Tingyun WANG
Author Affiliations
  • Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Networks, Joint International Research Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Advanced Communication, Shanghai Institute for Advanced Communication and Data Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s13320-019-0552-y Cite this Article
    Huanhuan LIU, Ye YU, Wei SONG, Qiao JIANG, Fufei PANG, and Tingyun WANG. Spectrally Flat Supercontinuum Generation in a ZBLAN Fiber Pumped by Erbium-Doped Mode-Locked Fiber Laser[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2019, 9(4): 302 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We have experimentally demonstrated the flat supercontinuum (SC) generation using a 10-m-long ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF (ZBLAN) fluoride fiber pumped by an erbium-doped mode-locked fiber laser incorporating carbon-nanotube-based saturable absorbers. In order to improve the spectral flatness of SC, the standardized single-mode fiber with different lengths is connected to the output of the mode-locked fiber laser before the pulse amplification. The generated SC with ZBLAN fiber exhibits the best spectral flatness with fluctuation less than 1.29 dB over the wavelength of 1571.8 nm - 1803.1 nm, showing potential applications in optical sensing.
    Huanhuan LIU, Ye YU, Wei SONG, Qiao JIANG, Fufei PANG, and Tingyun WANG. Spectrally Flat Supercontinuum Generation in a ZBLAN Fiber Pumped by Erbium-Doped Mode-Locked Fiber Laser[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2019, 9(4): 302
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