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

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Harith, Awang, Noor Azura, Zulkifli, Mohd Zamani, Thambiratnam, Kavintheran, Paul, Mukul Chandra, Das, S., Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
• Format: Article
• Published: IOP Publishing 2011
• Subjects: QC Physics; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19887/; https://doi.org/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 at 1...