Power dependence of supercontinuum noise in uniform and tapered PCFs

作者：Uffe Møller, Simon Toft Sørensen, Christian Jakobsen, J. Johansen, Peter M. Moselund, Carsten Thomsen, Ole Bang · 发表于：Optics Express · 年份：2012 · DOI：10.1364/oe.20.002851 · 被引用次数：79 · 研究领域：Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics、Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies、Optical Network Technologies

We experimentally investigate the noise properties of picosecond supercontinuum spectra generated at different power levels in uniform and tapered photonic crystal fibers. We show that the noise at the spectral edges of the generated supercontinuum is at a constant level independent on the pump power in both tapered and uniform fibers. At high input power the spectral bandwidth is limited by the infrared loss edge, this however has no effect on the noise properties.