Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 4, Issue 4, 415(2011)

Photonic crystal fibers for supercontinuum generation

Xian ZHU, Xinben ZHANG, Jinggang PENG, Xiang CHEN, and Jinyan LI*
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  • Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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    Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) present a wavelength-scale periodic microstructure along their length. Their core and two-dimensional photonic crystal might be based on varied geometries and materials, allowing supercontinuum (SC) generation due to nonlinear effects in an extremely large wavelength range. In this paper we have reviewed PCFs utilized for SC generation. Fiber fabrication for SC generation is present. Spectral broadening mechanisms are also described in brief. Particular attention is as well as paid to PCFs including uniform PCFs, cascaded fibers, tapered fibers and PCFs with special material doped, which are commonly used to generate SC.

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    Xian ZHU, Xinben ZHANG, Jinggang PENG, Xiang CHEN, Jinyan LI. Photonic crystal fibers for supercontinuum generation[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2011, 4(4): 415

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    Paper Information

    Received: Apr. 27, 2011

    Accepted: May. 27, 2011

    Published Online: Sep. 21, 2012

    The Author Email: LI Jinyan (ljy@mail.hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s12200-011-0134-0

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