Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 3, Issue 6, 06355(2005)

Broadband continuum generation in an irregularly multicore microstructured optical fiber

Peiguang Yan1、*, Yaqing Jia2, Hongxin Su3, Yigang Li1, Lei Ding1, Wei Zhang1, Kecheng Lv1, Tiequn Zhang2, Xiaonong Zhu2, Qinlin Guo3, Guiyao Zhou4, and Lantian Hou4
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  • 1Insititute of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
  • 2Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Science and Technology, EMC, Tianjin 300071
  • 3Insitute of Physics, Hebei University, Baoding 071002
  • 4Infrared Optical Fibers and Sensors Institute, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004
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    A broadband continuum generation is reported in a novel multicore microstructured optical fiber (MOF) where irregular air holes are randomly distributed in cladding. By launching ultrashort light pulses from a Ti:sapphire laser into a 190-mm-long fiber of this type, we have observed a group of continua generated from different cores, each with distinct color. 20-dB bandwidth of the broadest continuum is 1260 nm with an average power of 143 mW. The result confirms that the multicore MOF can be fabricated, with different dispersion profiles tailored for specific supercontinuum (SC) generation towards practical applications.

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    Peiguang Yan, Yaqing Jia, Hongxin Su, Yigang Li, Lei Ding, Wei Zhang, Kecheng Lv, Tiequn Zhang, Xiaonong Zhu, Qinlin Guo, Guiyao Zhou, Lantian Hou. Broadband continuum generation in an irregularly multicore microstructured optical fiber[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2005, 3(6): 06355

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    Received: Nov. 26, 2004

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jun. 6, 2006

    The Author Email: Peiguang Yan (ypgd@eyou.com)

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