Supercontinuum emitting device
US7130512B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 4, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/3528
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A supercontinuum light emitting device comprises an effectively CW light source producing light of wavelength λ1 within a specified bandwidth and a nonlinear fiber optically coupled to the light source. The nonlinear fiber has a plurality of fiber segments with different zero dispersion wavelengths λoi, where each successive fiber segment has zero dispersion wavelength λoi which is larger than the zero dispersion wavelength of the preceding fiber and the zero dispersion wavelength of the first fiber segment is within ±20 nm of λ1.
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