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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
Pub Type
Journals

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.1088/0026-1394/46/4/S27

Keywords

laser, radiometry, supercontinuum source
Physics, Optical physics and communications and Calibration services

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 October 13, 2025)

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Created June 2, 2009, Updated November 10, 2018
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