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Supercontinuum generation in an on-chip silica waveguide
Published
Author(s)
Scott A. Diddams, Dong Yoon Oh, David Sell, Hansuek Lee, Ki Youl Yang, Kerry J. Vahala
Abstract
Supercontinuum generation is demonstrated in an on-chip silica spiral waveguide by launching 180-fs pulses from an optical parametric oscillator at the center wavelength 1330 nm. With a coupled pulse energy of 2.17 nJ, the broadest spectrum in the fundamental TM mode extends from 936 nm to 1888 nm (162 THz). There is a good agreement between the measured spectrum and a simulation using a generalized nonlinear Schroedinger equation.
Citation
Optics Letters
Volume
39
Issue
4
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
nonlinear optics, photonics, super continuum, waveguide
Diddams, S.
, Yoon, D.
, Sell, D.
, Lee, H.
, , K.
and Vahala, K.
(2014),
Supercontinuum generation in an on-chip silica waveguide, Optics Letters
(Accessed October 14, 2025)