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AssigneesFitel USA Corp., University of Rochester, Office of Technology Transfer
InventorsThomas Brown, Kenneth S. Feder, Yufeng Li, Jeffrey W. Nicholson, Paul S. Westbrook
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Enhancement of the supercontinuum generation performance of a highly-nonlinear optical fiber (HNLF) is accomplished by incorporating at least one Bragg grating structure in the HNLF. The Bragg grating results in reflecting a core-guided signal into signal which also remains core-guided. The supercontinuum radiation generated by such an arrangement will exhibit a substantial peak in its energy at the grating resonance of the Bragg grating and a region of increased radiation in a narrow wavelength band on the long wavelength side of the peak. A number of such Bragg gratings may be formed so as to “tailor” the enhancements provided in the supercontinuum radiation. Various, well-known Bragg grating modifications (tuning, chirped, blazed, etc.) may also be used in the inventive structure to enhance the generated supercontinuum.
An optical waveguide suitable for generation of a supercontinuum spectrum at the output thereof when light at a certain wavelength from a light source is launched into an input thereof, the waveguide comprising
A source of optical supercontinuum radiation, the source comprising
A method of enhancing the supercontinuum generation of a highly nonlinear optical waveguide, the method comprising the steps of:
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