Table 1. Representative platforms for broadband fiber nonlinear wavelength conversion.
| Platform | Ultrafast pump laser (typical specifications) | Nonlinear fiber(s) (typical λZDW and fiber length) |
Soliton order N | Spectral coverage (nm) | Spectral brightness (mW/nm) | Coherence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [1]
|
Ti:sapphire oscillator (800 nm, 80 MHz, 100 fs)
|
Nonlinear PCFs (750-800 nm, 10 cm) |
~100
|
400-1600
|
0.1
|
Moderate or low
|
| [3]
|
Yb:fiber MOPA (1050 nm, 50 MHz, 5 ps)
|
Specific PCF (1000 nm, 2 m) |
>500
|
400-2000
|
2
|
low
|
| [6]
|
Er:fiber MOPA (1550 nm, 50 MHz, 80 fs)
|
Ge-doped fibers (1300-1400 nm, 5 cm) |
~6
|
850-1400, 1600-2000
|
0.1
|
High
|
| [7]
|
Ti:sapphire amplifier (800 nm, 1 kHz, 30 fs)
|
Ar-filled hollow-core fiber (700 nm, 20 cm)
|
8.6
|
200-320
|
0.01
|
No data
|
| This study | Er:fiber MOPA (1550 nm, 50 MHz, 80 fs) | Low-nonlinearity fibers (890-1313 nm, 9 cm) | <6 | 378-850 | 0.5-2 in the visible |
High |