Octave-spanning coherent supercontinuum generation in a silicon nitride waveguide.
Opt Lett
; 40(21): 5117-20, 2015 Nov 01.
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ABSTRACT
We demonstrate the generation of a supercontinuum spanning more than 1.4 octaves in a silicon nitride waveguide using sub-100-fs pulses at 1 µm generated by either a 53-MHz, diode-pumped ytterbium (Yb) fiber laser or a 1-GHz, YbCaAlGdO(4) (YbCALGO) laser. Our numerical simulations show that the broadband supercontinuum is fully coherent, and a spectral interference measurement is used to verify that the supercontinuum generated with the YbCALGO laser possesses a high degree of coherence over the majority of its spectral bandwidth. This coherent spectrum may be utilized for optical coherence tomography, spectroscopy, and frequency metrology.
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Refratometria
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Espalhamento de Radiação
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Compostos de Silício
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Ressonância de Plasmônio de Superfície
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Lasers de Estado Sólido
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Opt Lett
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2015
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