Spectrally shaped light from supercontinuum fiber light sources

V. Tombelaine , G. Bergner , E. Vater , S. Schlücker , B. Dietzeck , J. Popp , H. Bartelt , Raphaël Jamier (1)

1 PHOTONIQUE

Supercontinuumfiberlightsources with their extremely wide wavelength spectrum can provide new options for achieving specific wavelength distributions in a very flexible way. Two concepts for the combination of such supercontinuumlightsources with a spectrally dispersive optical system and an interactive filter for modulating the light spectrum are discussed. These concepts provide the possibility to achieve laser-like lightsources with an almost arbitrary shape of the spectrum, great flexibility in interactive tuning of the spectral properties and covering wavelengths from UV to the infrared range.

V. Tombelaine, G. Bergner, E. Vater, S. Schlücker, B. Dietzeck, et al.. Spectrally shaped light from supercontinuum fiber light sources. Optics Communications, 2011, 284 (7), pp.1970-1974. ⟨10.1016/j.optcom.2010.12.013⟩. ⟨hal-00689479⟩