Abstract

Supercontinuum extending to visible wavelengths is generated in a hybrid silica nonlinear fiber pumped at $1560\mathrm{nm}$ by a femtosecond, erbium-doped fiber laser. The hybrid nonlinear fiber consists of a short length of highly nonlinear, germano-silicate fiber (HNLF) spliced to a length of photonic crystal fiber (PCF). A $2\mathrm{cm}$ length of HNLF provides an initial stage of continuum generation due to higher-order soliton compression and dispersive wave generation before launching into the PCF. The visible radiation is generated in the fundamental mode of the PCF.

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