Control of pulse-to-pulse fluctuations in visible supercontinuum

被引：47

作者：

Kudlinski, A. ^{[1
]}

Barviau, B. ^{[1
]}

Leray, A. ^{[2
]}

Spriet, C. ^{[2
]}

Heliot, L. ^{[2
]}

Mussot, A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Lille 1, IRCICA, FR CNRS 3024, Lab PhLAM,UMR CNRS 8523, F-59655 Villeneuve Dascq, France

[2] Univ Lille 1, Interdisciplinary Res Inst, USR CNRS 3078, F-59655 Villeneuve Dascq, France

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2010年 / 18卷 / 26期

关键词：

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; CW-PUMPED SUPERCONTINUUM; OPTICAL ROGUE WAVES; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; SOLITON COLLISION; MICROCHIP LASER; GENERATION; DISPERSION; NM;

D O I：

10.1364/OE.18.027445

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Long-pulse supercontinuum sources are initiated by modulation instability and consequently suffer from stochastic shot-to-shot variations of their spectral power density. In this paper, we provide a measurement of pulse-to-pulse fluctuations over the whole supercontinuum spectrum, and we show that their spectral dependence follows the group index curve of the fiber. Then, we demonstrate a significant reduction of supercontinuum pulse-to-pulse fluctuations in the visible by using a photonic crystal fiber with longitudinally tailored guidance properties. We finally show numerically that this new source would allow a significant improvement of the signal-to-noise ratio in fluorescence microscopy. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America

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页码：27445 / 27454

页数：10

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