Broadband supercontinuum light source seeded by random distributed feedback fiber laser

R. Ma; Y. J. Rao; W. L. Zhang; H. Wu; X. Zeng

doi:10.1117/12.2265325

23 April 2017 Broadband supercontinuum light source seeded by random distributed feedback fiber laser

R. Ma, Y. J. Rao, W. L. Zhang, H. Wu, X. Zeng

Proceedings Volume 10323, 25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors; 103237P (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2265325
Event: 25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 2017, Jeju, Korea, Republic of

Abstract

A novel broadband light source based on supercontinuum (SC) generation seeded by random distributed feedback fiber laser (RFL) is proposed and demonstrated for the first time. A half-opened fiber cavity formed by FBG and TrueWave fiber is used to generate random lasing and SC simultaneously. Experimental results indicate that RFL can be used as an effective pump for generation of SC. SC with 20-dB bandwidth of >250 nm was obtained. Such a broadband SC light source seeded by RFL may pave a way to generate high power broadband RFLs for use in optical sensing and measurement.

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R. Ma, Y. J. Rao, W. L. Zhang, H. Wu, and X. Zeng "Broadband supercontinuum light source seeded by random distributed feedback fiber laser", Proc. SPIE 10323, 25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 103237P (23 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2265325

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