Study on generation of high coherent supercontinuum and pulse compression

CHENG Chun-fu; WANG You-qing; OU Yi-wen; ZHANG Jin-ye

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Study on generation of high coherent supercontinuum and pulse compression

1.
School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China;
2.
School of Science, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China;
3.
Department of Information Engineering, Wuchang Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430065, China

Corresponding author: WANG You-qing, yqwang13@163.com ;
Received Date: 2013-01-01
Accepted Date: 2013-03-04

Abstract

In order to study the generation of high coherent supercontinuum and pulse compression in an all-normal dispersion photonic crystal fiber, the nonlinear propagation of an ultrashort pulse and supercontinuum generation in an all-normal dispersion photonic crystal fiber were simulated with the standard split-step Fourier algorithm. The impact of center wavelength and input peak power of the pump pulse on the coherence properties of supercontinuum was simulated and analyzed. It is found the weaker the dispersion effect is, the more advantageous to the high coherent supercontinuum generation. A high coherent supercontinuum with band width of 587nm and flatness of less 7dB can be obtained by pumping the fiber under which the dispersion effect is small. It is also found the higher the coherence properties of supercontinuum is, the more advantageous to the supercontinuum pulse compression. An ultrashort pulse with pulse duration of 8.4fs and compression quality factor of 88.88% can be obtained by using a grating pair compressor to compress the high coherent supercontinuum pulse. Therefore, the high coherent supercontinuum and high quality pulse compression can be obtained by using the effect of self phase modulation and suppressing the dispersion effect.
- fiber optics,
- supercontinuum,
- coherence characteristics,
- pulse compression

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[2]	BIRKS T A, KNIGHT J C, RUSSELL P St J. Endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fiber[J]. Optics Letters,1997,22(13):961-963.
[3]	FERRANDO A, SILVESTRE E, MIRET J J, et al. Nearly zero ultraflattened dispersion in photonic crystal fibers[J]. Optics Letters,2000,25(11): 790-792.
[4]	BRODERICK N G R, MONRO T M, BENNET P J, et al. Nonlinearity in holey optical fibers: measurement and future opportunities[J]. Optics Letters,1999,24(20): 1395-1397.
[5]	RANKA J K, WINDELER R S, STENTZ A J. Visible continuum generation in air-silica microstructure optical fibers with anomalous dispersion at 800nm[J]. Optics Letters,2000,25(1): 25-27.
[6]	HUSAKOU A V, HERRMANN J. Supercontinuum generation of high-order solitons by fission in photonic crystal fibers[J]. Physical Review Letters,2001,87(20): 203901.
[7]	HERRMANN J, GRIEBNER U, ZHAVORONKOV N, et al. Experimental evidence for supercontinuum generation by fission of higher-order solitons in photonic crystal fibers[J]. Physical Review Letters,2002, 88(17): 173901.
[8]	DUDLEY J M, COEN S. Coherence properties of supercontinuum spectra generated in photonic crystal and tapered optical fibers[J]. Optics Letters,2002,27(13): 1180-1182.
[9]	GU X, KIMMEL M, SHREENATH A P, et al. Experimental studies of the coherence of microstructure-fiber supercontinuum[J]. Optics Express,2003,11(21): 2697-2703.
[10]	HILLIGSE K M, ANDERSEN T V, KEIDING S, et al. Supercontinuum generation in a photonic crystal fiber with two zero dispersion wavelengths[J]. Optics Express,2004,12(6): 1045-1054.
[11]	GENTY G, LEHTONEN M, LUDVIGSEN H. Effect of cross-phase modulation on supercontinuum generated in microstructured fibers with sub-30fs pulses[J]. Optics Express,2004,12(19): 4614-4624.
[12]	KUDLINSKI A, GEORGE A K, KNIGHT J C, et al. Zero-dispersion wavelength decreasing photonic crystal fibers for ultraviolet-extended supercontinuum generation[J]. Optics Express,2006,14(12): 5715-5722.
[13]	TRAVERS J C. Blue extension of optical fibre supercontinuum generation[J]. Journal of Optics,2010,12(11): 113001-113020.
[14]	HARTL I, LI X D, CHUDOBA C, et al. Ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography using continuum generation in an air-silica microstructure optical fiber[J]. Optics Letters,2001,26(9): 608-610.
[15]	WANG Y, ZHAO Y, NELSON J S, et al. Ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography by broadband continuum generation from a photonic crystal fiber[J]. Optics Letters,2003,28(3): 182-184.
[16]	BELLINI M, HANSCH T W. Phase-locked white-light continuum pulses: toward a universal optical frequency comb synthesizer.[J]. Optics Letters,2000,25(14) :1049-1151.
[17]	ZHANG L, XIN X, LIU B, et al. OFDM modulated WDM-ROF system based on PCF Supercontinuum[J]. Optics Express,2010,18(14): 15003-15008.
[18]	SCHENKEL B, PASCHOTTA R, KELLER U. Pulse compression with supercontinuum generation in microstructure fibers[J]. Journal of the Optical Society of America,2005,B22(3):687-693.
[19]	McCONNELL G, RIIS E. Ultra-short pulse compression using photonic crystal fibre[J]. Applied Physics,2004, B78(5): 557-563.
[20]	VARALLYAY Z, FEKETE J, BANYASZ A, et al. Optimizing input and output chirps up to the third-order for sub-nanojoule, ultra-short pulse compression in small core area PCF[J]. Applied Physics,2007, B86(4): 567-572.
[21]	HEIDT A M, HARTUNG A, BOSMAN G W, et al. Coherent octave spanning near-infrared and visible supercontinuum generation in all-normal dispersion photonic crystal fibers[J]. Optics Express,2011,19(4): 3775-3787.
[22]	HEIDT A M, ROTHHARDT J, HARTUNG A, et al. High quality sub-two cycle pulses from compression of supercontinuum generated in all-normal dispersion photonic crystal fiber[J]. Optics Express,2011,19(15): 13873-13879.
[23]	HOOPER L E, MOSLEY P J, MUIR A C, et al. Coherent supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber with all-normal group velocity dispersion[J]. Optics Express,2011,19(6): 4902-4907.
[24]	LI Y, HOU J, WANG Y B, et al. Theoretical research on the generation of coherent supercontinuum[J]. Acta Physics Sinica,2012,61(9): 094212(in Chinese).
[25]	AGRAWAL G P. Nonlinear fiber optics[M]. 3rd ed. New York, USA: Academic Press,2001:34-35.
[26]	DUDLEY J M, GENTY G, COEN S. Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber[J]. Review of Modern Physics,2006,78(4): 1135-1184.
[27]	DUDLEY J M, TAYLOR J R. Supercontinuum generation in optical fibers[M]. New York, USA: Cambridge University Press,2010: 33-37.
[28]	FROSZ M H. Validation of input-noise model for simulations of supercontinuum generation and rogue waves[J]. Optics Express,2010,18(14): 14778-14787.
[29]	TREACY E B. Optical pulse compression with diffraction gratings[J]. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics,1969,5(9): 454-458.
[30]	DIELS J C, RUDOLPH W. Ultrashort laser pulse phenomena[M]. New York, USA: Academic Press,1996: 120-122.
[31]	SHARMA I. Grating-pair chirpped pulse amplification system for a low power femto-second pulse source[D].New York, USA: Cornell University,2011: 19-20.
[32]	TOMLINSON W J, STOLEN R H, SHANK C V. Compression of optical pulses chirped by self-phase modulation in fibers[J]. Journal of the Optical Society of America,1984,B1(2): 139-149.

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Study on generation of high coherent supercontinuum and pulse compression

Corresponding author: WANG You-qing, yqwang13@163.com;

1. School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China;

2. School of Science, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China;

3. Department of Information Engineering, Wuchang Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430065, China

Received Date: 2013-01-01

Accepted Date: 2013-03-04

Available Online: 2013-09-25

Abstract: In order to study the generation of high coherent supercontinuum and pulse compression in an all-normal dispersion photonic crystal fiber, the nonlinear propagation of an ultrashort pulse and supercontinuum generation in an all-normal dispersion photonic crystal fiber were simulated with the standard split-step Fourier algorithm. The impact of center wavelength and input peak power of the pump pulse on the coherence properties of supercontinuum was simulated and analyzed. It is found the weaker the dispersion effect is, the more advantageous to the high coherent supercontinuum generation. A high coherent supercontinuum with band width of 587nm and flatness of less 7dB can be obtained by pumping the fiber under which the dispersion effect is small. It is also found the higher the coherence properties of supercontinuum is, the more advantageous to the supercontinuum pulse compression. An ultrashort pulse with pulse duration of 8.4fs and compression quality factor of 88.88% can be obtained by using a grating pair compressor to compress the high coherent supercontinuum pulse. Therefore, the high coherent supercontinuum and high quality pulse compression can be obtained by using the effect of self phase modulation and suppressing the dispersion effect.

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[1]	RUSSELL P St J. Photonic crystal fibers[J]. Science,2003,299(5605):358-362.
[2]	BIRKS T A, KNIGHT J C, RUSSELL P St J. Endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fiber[J]. Optics Letters,1997,22(13):961-963.
[3]	FERRANDO A, SILVESTRE E, MIRET J J, et al. Nearly zero ultraflattened dispersion in photonic crystal fibers[J]. Optics Letters,2000,25(11): 790-792.
[4]	BRODERICK N G R, MONRO T M, BENNET P J, et al. Nonlinearity in holey optical fibers: measurement and future opportunities[J]. Optics Letters,1999,24(20): 1395-1397.
[5]	RANKA J K, WINDELER R S, STENTZ A J. Visible continuum generation in air-silica microstructure optical fibers with anomalous dispersion at 800nm[J]. Optics Letters,2000,25(1): 25-27.
[6]	HUSAKOU A V, HERRMANN J. Supercontinuum generation of high-order solitons by fission in photonic crystal fibers[J]. Physical Review Letters,2001,87(20): 203901.
[7]	HERRMANN J, GRIEBNER U, ZHAVORONKOV N, et al. Experimental evidence for supercontinuum generation by fission of higher-order solitons in photonic crystal fibers[J]. Physical Review Letters,2002, 88(17): 173901.
[8]	DUDLEY J M, COEN S. Coherence properties of supercontinuum spectra generated in photonic crystal and tapered optical fibers[J]. Optics Letters,2002,27(13): 1180-1182.
[9]	GU X, KIMMEL M, SHREENATH A P, et al. Experimental studies of the coherence of microstructure-fiber supercontinuum[J]. Optics Express,2003,11(21): 2697-2703.
[10]	HILLIGSE K M, ANDERSEN T V, KEIDING S, et al. Supercontinuum generation in a photonic crystal fiber with two zero dispersion wavelengths[J]. Optics Express,2004,12(6): 1045-1054.
[11]	GENTY G, LEHTONEN M, LUDVIGSEN H. Effect of cross-phase modulation on supercontinuum generated in microstructured fibers with sub-30fs pulses[J]. Optics Express,2004,12(19): 4614-4624.
[12]	KUDLINSKI A, GEORGE A K, KNIGHT J C, et al. Zero-dispersion wavelength decreasing photonic crystal fibers for ultraviolet-extended supercontinuum generation[J]. Optics Express,2006,14(12): 5715-5722.
[13]	TRAVERS J C. Blue extension of optical fibre supercontinuum generation[J]. Journal of Optics,2010,12(11): 113001-113020.
[14]	HARTL I, LI X D, CHUDOBA C, et al. Ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography using continuum generation in an air-silica microstructure optical fiber[J]. Optics Letters,2001,26(9): 608-610.
[15]	WANG Y, ZHAO Y, NELSON J S, et al. Ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography by broadband continuum generation from a photonic crystal fiber[J]. Optics Letters,2003,28(3): 182-184.
[16]	BELLINI M, HANSCH T W. Phase-locked white-light continuum pulses: toward a universal optical frequency comb synthesizer.[J]. Optics Letters,2000,25(14) :1049-1151.
[17]	ZHANG L, XIN X, LIU B, et al. OFDM modulated WDM-ROF system based on PCF Supercontinuum[J]. Optics Express,2010,18(14): 15003-15008.
[18]	SCHENKEL B, PASCHOTTA R, KELLER U. Pulse compression with supercontinuum generation in microstructure fibers[J]. Journal of the Optical Society of America,2005,B22(3):687-693.
[19]	McCONNELL G, RIIS E. Ultra-short pulse compression using photonic crystal fibre[J]. Applied Physics,2004, B78(5): 557-563.
[20]	VARALLYAY Z, FEKETE J, BANYASZ A, et al. Optimizing input and output chirps up to the third-order for sub-nanojoule, ultra-short pulse compression in small core area PCF[J]. Applied Physics,2007, B86(4): 567-572.
[21]	HEIDT A M, HARTUNG A, BOSMAN G W, et al. Coherent octave spanning near-infrared and visible supercontinuum generation in all-normal dispersion photonic crystal fibers[J]. Optics Express,2011,19(4): 3775-3787.
[22]	HEIDT A M, ROTHHARDT J, HARTUNG A, et al. High quality sub-two cycle pulses from compression of supercontinuum generated in all-normal dispersion photonic crystal fiber[J]. Optics Express,2011,19(15): 13873-13879.
[23]	HOOPER L E, MOSLEY P J, MUIR A C, et al. Coherent supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber with all-normal group velocity dispersion[J]. Optics Express,2011,19(6): 4902-4907.
[24]	LI Y, HOU J, WANG Y B, et al. Theoretical research on the generation of coherent supercontinuum[J]. Acta Physics Sinica,2012,61(9): 094212(in Chinese).
[25]	AGRAWAL G P. Nonlinear fiber optics[M]. 3rd ed. New York, USA: Academic Press,2001:34-35.
[26]	DUDLEY J M, GENTY G, COEN S. Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber[J]. Review of Modern Physics,2006,78(4): 1135-1184.
[27]	DUDLEY J M, TAYLOR J R. Supercontinuum generation in optical fibers[M]. New York, USA: Cambridge University Press,2010: 33-37.
[28]	FROSZ M H. Validation of input-noise model for simulations of supercontinuum generation and rogue waves[J]. Optics Express,2010,18(14): 14778-14787.
[29]	TREACY E B. Optical pulse compression with diffraction gratings[J]. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics,1969,5(9): 454-458.
[30]	DIELS J C, RUDOLPH W. Ultrashort laser pulse phenomena[M]. New York, USA: Academic Press,1996: 120-122.
[31]	SHARMA I. Grating-pair chirpped pulse amplification system for a low power femto-second pulse source[D].New York, USA: Cornell University,2011: 19-20.
[32]	TOMLINSON W J, STOLEN R H, SHANK C V. Compression of optical pulses chirped by self-phase modulation in fibers[J]. Journal of the Optical Society of America,1984,B1(2): 139-149.

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