Supercontinuum light source

USRE50238E1 · kind E1 · reissue

Assignee

• NKT PHOTONICS A/S · DK

Inventors

• Carsten L. Thomsen · Avenue Madeleine, DK
• Thomas Vestergaard Andersen · Paseo Los Muchachos, DK

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 12, 2022
• Grant date: Dec 17, 2024
• Expiry date: Jan 12, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A supercontinuum light source includes a microstructured optical fiber, and a feeding unit arranged for feeding pump pulses to the microstructured optical fiber, wherein the feeding unit comprises a picosecond laser and one or more amplifiers, wherein the microstructured optical fiber is a silica fiber wherein at least a part of the core being of silica or doped silica, and including a core including core material and a cladding surrounding the core, and at least the core material is loaded with deuterium to have an OD absorption peak around 1870 nm, wherein the feeding unit is spliced to the microstructured optical fiber.