access icon openaccess Amplified spontaneous emission pulses for high-power supercontinuum generation

The authors demonstrate an incoherent light source based on a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier as pump for high-power supercontinuum generation for the first time. The obtained power level is about 160 mW and 20 dB spectral bandwidth is around 170 nm.

Inspec keywords: superradiance; supercontinuum generation; semiconductor optical amplifiers

Other keywords: reflective semiconductor optical amplifier; power 160 mW; high-power supercontinuum generation; amplified spontaneous emission pulses; light source

Subjects: Nonlinear optics and devices; Lasing action in semiconductors; Stimulated emission (condensed matter); Nonlinear optics; Semiconductor lasers

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