Compact all-fiber supercontinuum source with high stability

Philip G. Westergaard; Jeffrey W. Nicholson; Bera Palsdottir

doi:10.1117/12.2544843

21 February 2020 Compact all-fiber supercontinuum source with high stability

Philip G. Westergaard, Jeffrey W. Nicholson, Bera Palsdottir

Proceedings Volume 11260, Fiber Lasers XVII: Technology and Systems; 112600R (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2544843
Event: SPIE LASE, 2020, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

An all-fiber supercontinuum light source based on a polarization-maintaining, self-starting femtosecond oscillator with repetition rate in the MHz range is presented. The supercontinuum stretches from 950 – 2100 nm and exhibits a high level of stability – both in terms of amplitude and repetition rate. The supercontinuum source displays an rms intensity noise of 0.05 % when integrated from 10 Hz to 1 MHz. The light source is contained in box with dimensions 25×25×5 cm³ with a single mode output fiber. This together with the high level of stability makes this light source well suited for applications in, e.g., spectroscopy and OCT.

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Philip G. Westergaard, Jeffrey W. Nicholson, and Bera Palsdottir "Compact all-fiber supercontinuum source with high stability", Proc. SPIE 11260, Fiber Lasers XVII: Technology and Systems, 112600R (21 February 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2544843

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