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UV generation in a pure-silica holey fiber

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We report supercontinuum generation extending to 300 nm in the UV from a pure-silica holey fiber. The broad spectrum was obtained by launching ultra-short pulses (∼150 fs, 10 nJ at 820 nm) from an amplified Ti:sapphire laser. The extension of holey-fiber-based supercontinuum generation into the UV should prove to be of immediate application in spectroscopy. By slightly detuning the launch conditions we excited a higher order spatial mode, which produced a narrower supercontinuum, but with enhanced conversion efficiency at a series of blue/UV peaks around 360 nm. We present numerical simulations, which suggest that differences in the dispersion profiles between the modes are an important factor in explaining this enhancement. In a related experiment, using the same laser source and fiber, we demonstrate a visible supercontinuum from several subsidiary cores, with distinct colours in each core. The subsidiary cores were excited by an appropriate input coupling. Fabrication of a fiber with a range of core sizes (dispersion profiles) for tailored supercontinuum generation can therefore be envisaged for practical applications.

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  1. Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK

    J.H.V. Price, T.M. Monro, K. Furusawa, W. Belardi, J.C. Baggett & D.J. Richardson

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK

    S. Coyle, C. Netti & J.J. Baumberg

  3. Ultrafast Laser Physics, Institute of Quantum Electronics, ETH Hönggerberg, Zurich, Switzerland

    R. Paschotta

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Price, J., Monro, T., Furusawa, K. et al. UV generation in a pure-silica holey fiber. Appl Phys B 77, 291–298 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-003-1174-y

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