Abstract

We present the generation of a picosecond polarized supercontinuum in highly birefringent multimodal microstructured fiber. The initial steps of the spectral broadening are dominated by intermodal four-wave mixing controlled by the specific fiber design. Using a low repetition rate ultra-stable solid state laser, a pulse train well-suited for versatile time-domain fluorescence lifetime imaging applications is obtained.

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T. Schreiber, J. Limpert, H. Zellmer, A. Tunnermann, and K.P. Hansen, “ High average power supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers,” Opt. Commun. 228, 71–78 (2003)
[Crossref]

M. Seefeldt, A. Heuer, and R. Menzel, “Compact white-light source with an average output power of 2.4 W and 900 nm spectral bandwidth,” Opt. Commun. 216, 199–202 (2003)
[Crossref]

D.N. Papadopoulos, S. Forget, F. Druon, F. Balembois, and P. Georges, “Passively mode-locked diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 oscillator operating at an ultralow repetition rate,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1838–1840 (2003)
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2002 (2)

1999 (1)

Balembois, F.

Barthélémy, A.

Bennett, P.J.

Blandin, P.

Boyd, R. W.

R. W. Boyd, Nonlinear Optics (Academic Press, 2003)

Broderick, N.G.R.

Brown, T.

Chau, A.H.L.

Coen, S.

Couderc, V.

Davis, D.

Druon, F

Druon, F.

Dudley, J. M.

Dudley, J.M.

J.M. Dudley, G. Genty, and S. Coen, “Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 78, 1135–1184 (2006)
[Crossref]

Eggleton, B. J.

Forget, S.

French, P..

Gapontsev, V.P.

Genty, G.

J.M. Dudley, G. Genty, and S. Coen, “Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 78, 1135–1184 (2006)
[Crossref]

Georges, P.

Gerhard, C.

Grossard, N.

Hanna, M.

Hansen, K.P.

T. Schreiber, J. Limpert, H. Zellmer, A. Tunnermann, and K.P. Hansen, “ High average power supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers,” Opt. Commun. 228, 71–78 (2003)
[Crossref]

Harvey, J.D.

Herman, P.

P. Herman, H.J. Lin, and J.R. Lakowicz, “Lifetime-Based Imaging,” in Biomedical Photonics Handbook (CRC Press LLC, 2003)
[Crossref]

Heuer, A.

M. Seefeldt, A. Heuer, and R. Menzel, “Compact white-light source with an average output power of 2.4 W and 900 nm spectral bandwidth,” Opt. Commun. 216, 199–202 (2003)
[Crossref]

Knight, J.C.

Lacroix, S.

Lakowicz, J.R.

P. Herman, H.J. Lin, and J.R. Lakowicz, “Lifetime-Based Imaging,” in Biomedical Photonics Handbook (CRC Press LLC, 2003)
[Crossref]

Lanigan, P.

Leonhardt, R.

Leproux, P.

Lesvigne, C.

Lévêque-Fort, S.

Limpert, J.

T. Schreiber, J. Limpert, H. Zellmer, A. Tunnermann, and K.P. Hansen, “ High average power supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers,” Opt. Commun. 228, 71–78 (2003)
[Crossref]

Lin, H.J.

P. Herman, H.J. Lin, and J.R. Lakowicz, “Lifetime-Based Imaging,” in Biomedical Photonics Handbook (CRC Press LLC, 2003)
[Crossref]

Maillotte, H.

Masters, B. R.

Menzel, R.

M. Seefeldt, A. Heuer, and R. Menzel, “Compact white-light source with an average output power of 2.4 W and 900 nm spectral bandwidth,” Opt. Commun. 216, 199–202 (2003)
[Crossref]

Monro, T.M.

Papadopoulos, D.N.

Phillips, D.

Popov, S. V.

Provino, L.

Richardson, D.J.

Rulkov, A.B.

Russell, P.S.J.

Schreiber, T.

T. Schreiber, J. Limpert, H. Zellmer, A. Tunnermann, and K.P. Hansen, “ High average power supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers,” Opt. Commun. 228, 71–78 (2003)
[Crossref]

Seefeldt, M.

M. Seefeldt, A. Heuer, and R. Menzel, “Compact white-light source with an average output power of 2.4 W and 900 nm spectral bandwidth,” Opt. Commun. 216, 199–202 (2003)
[Crossref]

Siegel, J.

Suhling, K.

Taylor, J.R.

Tonello, A.

Tunnermann, A.

T. Schreiber, J. Limpert, H. Zellmer, A. Tunnermann, and K.P. Hansen, “ High average power supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers,” Opt. Commun. 228, 71–78 (2003)
[Crossref]

Vyatkin, M.Y.

Wabnitz, S.

V.E. Zakharov and S. Wabnitz, “Optical Solitons: Theoretical challenges and industrial perspectives,” EDP Sciences, Springer, Berlin (1999)

Wadsworth, W.J.

Webb, S.

Windeler, R. S.

Xiong, X.

Zakharov, V.E.

V.E. Zakharov and S. Wabnitz, “Optical Solitons: Theoretical challenges and industrial perspectives,” EDP Sciences, Springer, Berlin (1999)

Zellmer, H.

T. Schreiber, J. Limpert, H. Zellmer, A. Tunnermann, and K.P. Hansen, “ High average power supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers,” Opt. Commun. 228, 71–78 (2003)
[Crossref]

Zhu, Z.

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (2)

Opt. Commun. (2)

T. Schreiber, J. Limpert, H. Zellmer, A. Tunnermann, and K.P. Hansen, “ High average power supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers,” Opt. Commun. 228, 71–78 (2003)
[Crossref]

M. Seefeldt, A. Heuer, and R. Menzel, “Compact white-light source with an average output power of 2.4 W and 900 nm spectral bandwidth,” Opt. Commun. 216, 199–202 (2003)
[Crossref]

Opt. Express (4)

Opt. Lett. (5)

Rev. Mod. Phys. (1)

J.M. Dudley, G. Genty, and S. Coen, “Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 78, 1135–1184 (2006)
[Crossref]

Other (3)

V.E. Zakharov and S. Wabnitz, “Optical Solitons: Theoretical challenges and industrial perspectives,” EDP Sciences, Springer, Berlin (1999)

P. Herman, H.J. Lin, and J.R. Lakowicz, “Lifetime-Based Imaging,” in Biomedical Photonics Handbook (CRC Press LLC, 2003)
[Crossref]

R. W. Boyd, Nonlinear Optics (Academic Press, 2003)

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.

(left). Numerically calculated dispersion of LP01x, LP01y, LP11x, LP11y modes of the birefringent fiber and its profile (inset). (Right). Experimental setup. DPSSL means Diode-Pumped Solid State Laser.

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Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.

Spectra generated in the MOF of 1.4 m versus polarization and for an output power of 120 mW.

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Fig. 3.

Spectra generated in the MOF of 1.4 m versus coupled average power for polarization along the y axis (left) and the x axis (right).

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Fig. 4.
Fig. 4.

Numerically calculated spectrograms at the output of 1.8 m of MOF. The peak power is of 550 W per mode and per polarization state. (Left): with pump pulses of 15 ps. (Right). With pump pulses of 40 ps

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