Supercontinuum from Zr-EDF using Zr-EDF mode-locked fiber laser

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Harith, Awang, Noor Azura, Zulkifli, Mohd Zamani, Thambiratnam, Kavintheran, Paul, M. C., Das, S., Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2012
• Subjects: QC Physics
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/84323/1/Supercontinuum%20from%20Zr-EDF%20using%20Zr-EDF%20mode-locked.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/84323/; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1002/lapl.201110079

We propose and demonstrate the generation of a supercontinuum (SC) spectrum from a 10 m long silica fiber co-doped with zirconia-yttria-alumino and erbium (Zr-EDF) as a non-linear medium. The proposed system utilizes a 2 m long Zr-EDF in a ring laser configuration to generate mode-locked pulses...