Abstract

We experimentally analyze the stimulated Raman scattering characteristics of a high-birefringence fiber (HBF), which presents an extraordinary level of spectral broadening incurred by the strong nonlinear interaction between the pump and Stokes pulses via the polarization-mode dispersion and group-velocity dispersion of the fiber. We also investigate the impact of the inter-pulse time-delay on the additional spectra broadening when dual-wavelength pump pulses are used. Exploiting these unique SRS properties of the HBF, we develop a novel Raman continuum source based on an all-fiber dual-wavelength master-oscillator power amplifier that can generate a dip-free spectrum in the 1200−1400-nm spectral range. We finally obtain a broadband continuum having an average power of ~840 mW and a 3-dB bandwidth of ~240 nm centered at 1200−1400 nm, which also represents a good spectral flatness and conversion efficiency. This type of source is very useful and important for optical coherence tomography applications, for example.

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J. Nilsson and D. N. Payne, “Physics. High-power fiber lasers,” Science 332(6032), 921–922 (2011).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

G. Van der Westhuizen and J. Nilsson, “Fiber optical parametric oscillator for large frequency-shift wavelength conversion,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 47(11), 1396–1403 (2011).
[Crossref]

2010 (5)

2009 (1)

2008 (1)

2007 (3)

2006 (1)

J. M. Dudley, G. Genty, and S. Coen, “Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 78(4), 1135–1184 (2006).
[Crossref]

2005 (2)

E. M. Dianov, V. V. Dvoyrin, M. V. Mashinsky, A. A. Umnikov, M. V. Yashkov, and A. N. Gur’yanov, “CW bismuth fibre laser,” Quantum Electron. 35(12), 1083–1084 (2005).
[Crossref]

Y. Wang, “Dynamics of stimulated Raman scattering in double-clad fiber pulse amplifiers,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 41(6), 779–788 (2005).
[Crossref]

2004 (4)

P. L. Hsiung, Y. Chen, T. H. Ko, J. G. Fujimoto, C. J. S. de Matos, S. V. Popov, J. R. Taylor, and V. P. Gapontsev, “Optical coherence tomography using a continuous-wave, high-power, Raman continuum light source,” Opt. Express 12(22), 5287–5295 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. Meissner, C. Marquardt, J. Heersink, T. Gaber, A. Wietfeld, G. Leuchs, and U. L. Andersen, “All-fibre source of amplitude squeezed light pulses,” J. Opt. B Quantum Semiclassical Opt. 6(8), S652–S657 (2004).
[Crossref]

Y. Jeong, J. K. Sahu, D. N. Payne, and J. Nilsson, “Ytterbium-doped large-core fiber laser with 1.36 kW continuous-wave output power,” Opt. Express 12(25), 6088–6092 (2004), doi:.
[Crossref] [PubMed]

D. B. S. Soh, S. W. Yoo, J. Nilsson, J. K. Sahu, K. Oh, S. Baek, Y. Jeong, C. A. Codemard, P. Dupriez, J. Kim, and V. N. Philippov, “Neodymium-doped cladding pumped aluminosilicate fiber laser tunable in the 0.9 μm wavelength range,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 40(9), 1275–1282 (2004).
[Crossref]

2003 (1)

A. F. Fercher, W. Drexler, C. K. Hitzenberger, and T. Lasser, “Optical coherence tomography–principles and applications,” Rep. Prog. Phys. 66(2), 239–303 (2003).
[Crossref]

2002 (4)

2001 (1)

S. Namiki and Y. Emori, “Ultrabroad-band Raman amplifiers pumped and gain-equalized by wavelength-division multiplexed high-power laser diodes,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 7(1), 3–16 (2001).
[Crossref]

2000 (1)

1999 (1)

H. Masuda and S. Kawai, “Wide-band and gain flattened hybrid fiber amplifier consisting of an EDFA and a multiwavelength pumped Raman amplifier,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 11(6), 647–649 (1999).
[Crossref]

1998 (1)

1996 (1)

1995 (1)

1986 (1)

R. H. Stolen and A. M. Johnson, “The effect of pulse walkoff on stimulated Raman scattering in fibers,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 22(11), 2154–2160 (1986).
[Crossref]

Alam, S.-U.

Andersen, U. L.

M. Meissner, C. Marquardt, J. Heersink, T. Gaber, A. Wietfeld, G. Leuchs, and U. L. Andersen, “All-fibre source of amplitude squeezed light pulses,” J. Opt. B Quantum Semiclassical Opt. 6(8), S652–S657 (2004).
[Crossref]

Atkin, D. M.

Baek, S.

D. B. S. Soh, S. W. Yoo, J. Nilsson, J. K. Sahu, K. Oh, S. Baek, Y. Jeong, C. A. Codemard, P. Dupriez, J. Kim, and V. N. Philippov, “Neodymium-doped cladding pumped aluminosilicate fiber laser tunable in the 0.9 μm wavelength range,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 40(9), 1275–1282 (2004).
[Crossref]

Belardi, W.

Bhadra, S. K.

Birks, T. A.

Chau, A. H. L.

Chen, K. K.

Chen, Y.

Clarkson, W. A.

Codemard, C.

Codemard, C. A.

C. Farrell, C. A. Codemard, and J. Nilsson, “Spectral gain control using shaped pump pulses in a counter-pumped cascaded fiber Raman amplifier,” Opt. Express 18(23), 24126–24139 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

K. K. Chen, S.-U. Alam, P. Horak, C. A. Codemard, A. Malinowski, and D. J. Richardson, “Excitation of individual Raman Stokes lines in the visible regime using rectangular-shaped nanosecond optical pulses at 530 nm,” Opt. Lett. 35(14), 2433–2435 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Y. Jeong, S. Yoo, C. A. Codemard, J. Nilsson, J. K. Sahu, D. N. Payne, R. Horley, P. W. Turner, L. M. B. Hickey, A. Harker, M. Lovelady, and A. Piper, “Erbium:ytterbium codoped large-core fiber laser with 297-W continuous-wave output power,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 13(3), 573–579 (2007).
[Crossref]

D. B. S. Soh, S. W. Yoo, J. Nilsson, J. K. Sahu, K. Oh, S. Baek, Y. Jeong, C. A. Codemard, P. Dupriez, J. Kim, and V. N. Philippov, “Neodymium-doped cladding pumped aluminosilicate fiber laser tunable in the 0.9 μm wavelength range,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 40(9), 1275–1282 (2004).
[Crossref]

Coen, S.

Cumberland, B. A.

de Matos, C. J. S.

Demokan, M. S.

Dianov, E. M.

E. M. Dianov, V. V. Dvoyrin, M. V. Mashinsky, A. A. Umnikov, M. V. Yashkov, and A. N. Gur’yanov, “CW bismuth fibre laser,” Quantum Electron. 35(12), 1083–1084 (2005).
[Crossref]

Dougherty, D. J.

Drexler, W.

A. F. Fercher, W. Drexler, C. K. Hitzenberger, and T. Lasser, “Optical coherence tomography–principles and applications,” Rep. Prog. Phys. 66(2), 239–303 (2003).
[Crossref]

Dudley, J. M.

Dupriez, P.

P. Dupriez, F. Poletti, P. Horak, M. N. Petrovich, Y. Jeong, J. Nilsson, D. J. Richardson, and D. N. Payne, “Efficient white light generation in secondary cores of holey fibers,” Opt. Express 15(7), 3729–3736 (2007), doi:.
[Crossref] [PubMed]

D. B. S. Soh, S. W. Yoo, J. Nilsson, J. K. Sahu, K. Oh, S. Baek, Y. Jeong, C. A. Codemard, P. Dupriez, J. Kim, and V. N. Philippov, “Neodymium-doped cladding pumped aluminosilicate fiber laser tunable in the 0.9 μm wavelength range,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 40(9), 1275–1282 (2004).
[Crossref]

Dvoyrin, V. V.

E. M. Dianov, V. V. Dvoyrin, M. V. Mashinsky, A. A. Umnikov, M. V. Yashkov, and A. N. Gur’yanov, “CW bismuth fibre laser,” Quantum Electron. 35(12), 1083–1084 (2005).
[Crossref]

Emori, Y.

S. Namiki and Y. Emori, “Ultrabroad-band Raman amplifiers pumped and gain-equalized by wavelength-division multiplexed high-power laser diodes,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 7(1), 3–16 (2001).
[Crossref]

Farrell, C.

Fercher, A. F.

A. F. Fercher, W. Drexler, C. K. Hitzenberger, and T. Lasser, “Optical coherence tomography–principles and applications,” Rep. Prog. Phys. 66(2), 239–303 (2003).
[Crossref]

Fermann, M. E.

Fujimoto, J. G.

Gaber, T.

M. Meissner, C. Marquardt, J. Heersink, T. Gaber, A. Wietfeld, G. Leuchs, and U. L. Andersen, “All-fibre source of amplitude squeezed light pulses,” J. Opt. B Quantum Semiclassical Opt. 6(8), S652–S657 (2004).
[Crossref]

Gapontsev, V. P.

Genty, G.

J. M. Dudley, G. Genty, and S. Coen, “Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 78(4), 1135–1184 (2006).
[Crossref]

Ghosh, D.

Grant, A. R.

Gur’yanov, A. N.

E. M. Dianov, V. V. Dvoyrin, M. V. Mashinsky, A. A. Umnikov, M. V. Yashkov, and A. N. Gur’yanov, “CW bismuth fibre laser,” Quantum Electron. 35(12), 1083–1084 (2005).
[Crossref]

Harker, A.

Y. Jeong, S. Yoo, C. A. Codemard, J. Nilsson, J. K. Sahu, D. N. Payne, R. Horley, P. W. Turner, L. M. B. Hickey, A. Harker, M. Lovelady, and A. Piper, “Erbium:ytterbium codoped large-core fiber laser with 297-W continuous-wave output power,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 13(3), 573–579 (2007).
[Crossref]

Harvey, J. D.

Haus, H. A.

Hayes, J. R.

Heersink, J.

M. Meissner, C. Marquardt, J. Heersink, T. Gaber, A. Wietfeld, G. Leuchs, and U. L. Andersen, “All-fibre source of amplitude squeezed light pulses,” J. Opt. B Quantum Semiclassical Opt. 6(8), S652–S657 (2004).
[Crossref]

Hickey, L. M. B.

Y. Jeong, S. Yoo, C. A. Codemard, J. Nilsson, J. K. Sahu, D. N. Payne, R. Horley, P. W. Turner, L. M. B. Hickey, A. Harker, M. Lovelady, and A. Piper, “Erbium:ytterbium codoped large-core fiber laser with 297-W continuous-wave output power,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 13(3), 573–579 (2007).
[Crossref]

Hitzenberger, C. K.

A. F. Fercher, W. Drexler, C. K. Hitzenberger, and T. Lasser, “Optical coherence tomography–principles and applications,” Rep. Prog. Phys. 66(2), 239–303 (2003).
[Crossref]

Horak, P.

Horley, R.

Y. Jeong, S. Yoo, C. A. Codemard, J. Nilsson, J. K. Sahu, D. N. Payne, R. Horley, P. W. Turner, L. M. B. Hickey, A. Harker, M. Lovelady, and A. Piper, “Erbium:ytterbium codoped large-core fiber laser with 297-W continuous-wave output power,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 13(3), 573–579 (2007).
[Crossref]

Hsiung, P. L.

Ippen, E. P.

Jeong, Y.

Y. Jeong, S. Yoo, C. A. Codemard, J. Nilsson, J. K. Sahu, D. N. Payne, R. Horley, P. W. Turner, L. M. B. Hickey, A. Harker, M. Lovelady, and A. Piper, “Erbium:ytterbium codoped large-core fiber laser with 297-W continuous-wave output power,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 13(3), 573–579 (2007).
[Crossref]

P. Dupriez, F. Poletti, P. Horak, M. N. Petrovich, Y. Jeong, J. Nilsson, D. J. Richardson, and D. N. Payne, “Efficient white light generation in secondary cores of holey fibers,” Opt. Express 15(7), 3729–3736 (2007), doi:.
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Y. Jeong, J. K. Sahu, D. N. Payne, and J. Nilsson, “Ytterbium-doped large-core fiber laser with 1.36 kW continuous-wave output power,” Opt. Express 12(25), 6088–6092 (2004), doi:.
[Crossref] [PubMed]

D. B. S. Soh, S. W. Yoo, J. Nilsson, J. K. Sahu, K. Oh, S. Baek, Y. Jeong, C. A. Codemard, P. Dupriez, J. Kim, and V. N. Philippov, “Neodymium-doped cladding pumped aluminosilicate fiber laser tunable in the 0.9 μm wavelength range,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 40(9), 1275–1282 (2004).
[Crossref]

Jin, W.

Johnson, A. M.

R. H. Stolen and A. M. Johnson, “The effect of pulse walkoff on stimulated Raman scattering in fibers,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 22(11), 2154–2160 (1986).
[Crossref]

Kärtner, F. X.

Kawai, S.

H. Masuda and S. Kawai, “Wide-band and gain flattened hybrid fiber amplifier consisting of an EDFA and a multiwavelength pumped Raman amplifier,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 11(6), 647–649 (1999).
[Crossref]

Kim, J.

D. B. S. Soh, S. W. Yoo, J. Nilsson, J. K. Sahu, K. Oh, S. Baek, Y. Jeong, C. A. Codemard, P. Dupriez, J. Kim, and V. N. Philippov, “Neodymium-doped cladding pumped aluminosilicate fiber laser tunable in the 0.9 μm wavelength range,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 40(9), 1275–1282 (2004).
[Crossref]

Knight, J. C.

Ko, T. H.

Lasser, T.

A. F. Fercher, W. Drexler, C. K. Hitzenberger, and T. Lasser, “Optical coherence tomography–principles and applications,” Rep. Prog. Phys. 66(2), 239–303 (2003).
[Crossref]

Leonhardt, R.

Leuchs, G.

M. Meissner, C. Marquardt, J. Heersink, T. Gaber, A. Wietfeld, G. Leuchs, and U. L. Andersen, “All-fibre source of amplitude squeezed light pulses,” J. Opt. B Quantum Semiclassical Opt. 6(8), S652–S657 (2004).
[Crossref]

Limpert, J.

Lin, D.

Lovelady, M.

Y. Jeong, S. Yoo, C. A. Codemard, J. Nilsson, J. K. Sahu, D. N. Payne, R. Horley, P. W. Turner, L. M. B. Hickey, A. Harker, M. Lovelady, and A. Piper, “Erbium:ytterbium codoped large-core fiber laser with 297-W continuous-wave output power,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 13(3), 573–579 (2007).
[Crossref]

Malinowski, A.

Mamyshev, P. V.

Marquardt, C.

M. Meissner, C. Marquardt, J. Heersink, T. Gaber, A. Wietfeld, G. Leuchs, and U. L. Andersen, “All-fibre source of amplitude squeezed light pulses,” J. Opt. B Quantum Semiclassical Opt. 6(8), S652–S657 (2004).
[Crossref]

Mashinsky, M. V.

E. M. Dianov, V. V. Dvoyrin, M. V. Mashinsky, A. A. Umnikov, M. V. Yashkov, and A. N. Gur’yanov, “CW bismuth fibre laser,” Quantum Electron. 35(12), 1083–1084 (2005).
[Crossref]

Masuda, H.

H. Masuda and S. Kawai, “Wide-band and gain flattened hybrid fiber amplifier consisting of an EDFA and a multiwavelength pumped Raman amplifier,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 11(6), 647–649 (1999).
[Crossref]

Meissner, M.

M. Meissner, C. Marquardt, J. Heersink, T. Gaber, A. Wietfeld, G. Leuchs, and U. L. Andersen, “All-fibre source of amplitude squeezed light pulses,” J. Opt. B Quantum Semiclassical Opt. 6(8), S652–S657 (2004).
[Crossref]

Millot, G.

Mollenauer, L. F.

Monro, T. M.

Moulton, P. F.

P. F. Moulton, “Power scaling of high-efficiency Tm-doped fiber lasers,” in Proc. LASE 2008, paper 6873–15 (2008).

Namiki, S.

S. Namiki and Y. Emori, “Ultrabroad-band Raman amplifiers pumped and gain-equalized by wavelength-division multiplexed high-power laser diodes,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 7(1), 3–16 (2001).
[Crossref]

Nilsson, J.

G. Van der Westhuizen and J. Nilsson, “Fiber optical parametric oscillator for large frequency-shift wavelength conversion,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 47(11), 1396–1403 (2011).
[Crossref]

J. Nilsson and D. N. Payne, “Physics. High-power fiber lasers,” Science 332(6032), 921–922 (2011).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

C. Farrell, C. A. Codemard, and J. Nilsson, “Spectral gain control using shaped pump pulses in a counter-pumped cascaded fiber Raman amplifier,” Opt. Express 18(23), 24126–24139 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

D. J. Richardson, J. Nilsson, and W. A. Clarkson, “High power fiber lasers: current status and future perspectives,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27(11), B63–B92 (2010).
[Crossref]

P. Dupriez, F. Poletti, P. Horak, M. N. Petrovich, Y. Jeong, J. Nilsson, D. J. Richardson, and D. N. Payne, “Efficient white light generation in secondary cores of holey fibers,” Opt. Express 15(7), 3729–3736 (2007), doi:.
[Crossref] [PubMed]

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Oh, K.

D. B. S. Soh, S. W. Yoo, J. Nilsson, J. K. Sahu, K. Oh, S. Baek, Y. Jeong, C. A. Codemard, P. Dupriez, J. Kim, and V. N. Philippov, “Neodymium-doped cladding pumped aluminosilicate fiber laser tunable in the 0.9 μm wavelength range,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 40(9), 1275–1282 (2004).
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[Crossref]

P. Dupriez, F. Poletti, P. Horak, M. N. Petrovich, Y. Jeong, J. Nilsson, D. J. Richardson, and D. N. Payne, “Efficient white light generation in secondary cores of holey fibers,” Opt. Express 15(7), 3729–3736 (2007), doi:.
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Philippov, V. N.

D. B. S. Soh, S. W. Yoo, J. Nilsson, J. K. Sahu, K. Oh, S. Baek, Y. Jeong, C. A. Codemard, P. Dupriez, J. Kim, and V. N. Philippov, “Neodymium-doped cladding pumped aluminosilicate fiber laser tunable in the 0.9 μm wavelength range,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 40(9), 1275–1282 (2004).
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Y. Jeong, S. Yoo, C. A. Codemard, J. Nilsson, J. K. Sahu, D. N. Payne, R. Horley, P. W. Turner, L. M. B. Hickey, A. Harker, M. Lovelady, and A. Piper, “Erbium:ytterbium codoped large-core fiber laser with 297-W continuous-wave output power,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 13(3), 573–579 (2007).
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Y. Jeong, S. Yoo, C. A. Codemard, J. Nilsson, J. K. Sahu, D. N. Payne, R. Horley, P. W. Turner, L. M. B. Hickey, A. Harker, M. Lovelady, and A. Piper, “Erbium:ytterbium codoped large-core fiber laser with 297-W continuous-wave output power,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 13(3), 573–579 (2007).
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Figures (9)

Fig. 1
Fig. 1

(a) Spectra of the Raman Stokes lines generated from various different Raman-active fibers. (b) Schematic representation of the walk-offs of the Stokes pulses against the pump pulses in an HBF for two different cases: The input polarization of the pump pulse is aligned along the slow axis in Case 1 and at 45° to the slow axis in Case 2, respectively.

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Fig. 2
Fig. 2

Schematic of the broadband continuum source based on a dual-wavelength MOPA seeded at 1060 and 1080 nm via a Raman-active fiber.

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Fig. 3
Fig. 3

Schematic prepared for analyzing the polarization-dependent SRS in an HBF. AL: aspheric lens; RM: rotation mount.

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Fig. 4
Fig. 4

Measured optical spectra (upper) and their spectrum-prints (lower) of the Raman Stokes lines generated through 60 m of an HBF for different angles of rotation of PBS-1 for input wavelengths of (a) 1060 nm and (b) 1080 nm, respectively.

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Fig. 5
Fig. 5

Spectrum-prints of the Raman Stokes lines generated through the HBF when the input polarization was aligned either to the (a) x-axis or (b) y-axis for input wavelengths of 1060 (upper) and 1080 nm (lower), respectively. The angle of rotation denotes the angle of PBS-1 (shown in Fig. 3) with respect to the slow axis (x-axis).

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Fig. 6
Fig. 6

Spectrum-prints of the Raman Stokes lines generated from the HBF when the input polarization was aligned at 45° to the slow axis (x-axis) for the input wavelengths of (a) 1060 and (b) 1080 nm, respectively. The angle of rotation denotes the angle of PBS-2 (shown in Fig. 3) with respect to the slow axis (x-axis).

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Fig. 7
Fig. 7

Spectrum-prints of the Raman Stokes lines generated from the HBF with the dual-wavelength pulses at 1060 nm and 1080 nm when the input polarization was aligned to (a) the slow axis (x-axis) or (b) fast axis (y-axis), varying the inter-pulse time-delay from −2.5 ns to + 2.5 ns. The time traces of (c)−(g) depict the input dual- wavelength pulses with different inter-pulse time-delays.

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Fig. 8
Fig. 8

Output spectra and their spectrum-prints of the Raman continuum generated through the HBF: The blue (A) and red traces (B) are for the cases before and after optimizing the polarization state of the input pump, and the green trace (C) is for the case when the peak power of the 1080-nm seed pulse was individually reduced by ~10%.

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Fig. 9
Fig. 9

Output optical spectra and their spectrum-prints of the Raman continuum generated through the HBF (60 m) + HNF (10 m) for two different inter-pulse time-delays: (a) For Δt = ~7 ns and (b) Δt = ~0 ns.

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