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Supercontinuum Sources for Metrology

Published

Author(s)

John T. Woodward IV, Allan W. Smith, Colleen A. Jenkins, Chungsan Lin, Steven W. Brown, Keith R. Lykke

Abstract

Supercontinuum (SC) sources are novel laser-based sources that generate a broad, white-light continuum in single mode photonic crystal fibers. Currently, up to 6 W of optical power is available, spanning the spectral range from 460 nm to 2500 nm. Advances in these sources promise polarized radiant flux with expanded spectral coverage down to 380 nm. We evaluate the use of supercontinuum sources for fundamental optical metrological applications.
Citation
Metrologia
Volume
46

Keywords

laser, radiometry, supercontinuum source

Citation

Woodward, J. , Smith, A. , Jenkins, C. , Lin, C. , Brown, S. and Lykke, K. (2009), Supercontinuum Sources for Metrology, Metrologia, [online], https://doi.org/10.1088/0026-1394/46/4/S27 (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created June 2, 2009, Updated November 10, 2018