Table 2. Observed bright RDW with Gaussian-like spectra from commercial PCFs (NKT Photonics A/S) and standard fiber (SMF-28) pumped by approximated 1550-nm 80-fs (FWHM) unchirped Gaussian pulses.
| Fiber
|
SMF-28
|
ESM-12B
|
LMA-10
|
LMA-8
|
LMA-5
|
NL-4.0-1005
|
NL-3.7-975
|
NL-3.2-945
|
NL-3.3-890-02
|
| Λ (μm)
|
N.A.
|
8.0
|
6.6
|
5.6
|
3.2
|
2.7
|
2.6
|
2.1
|
3.2
|
|
d/Λ
|
N.A.
|
0.46
|
0.46
|
0.46
|
0.46
|
0.50
|
0.52
|
0.49
|
N.A.
|
|
λZDW (nm)
|
1313
|
1205
|
1181
|
1157
|
1052
|
1005
|
975
|
945
|
890
|
|
β2@1550 nm (fs2/cm)
|
200
|
393
|
438
|
486
|
689
|
805
|
956
|
1020
|
1147
|
| Mode field diameter @1550 nm (μm)
|
10.5
|
10.5
|
9.2
|
7.7
|
4.9
|
3.8
|
3.2
|
2.9
|
2.5
|
|
γ @1550 nm (W−1km-1)
|
1.12
|
1.12
|
1.46
|
2.1
|
5.3
|
8.6
|
12.1
|
14.7
|
19.8
|
| Input pulse energy (nJ)
|
23.8
|
32.8
|
32.5
|
23.4
|
14.8
|
11.2
|
9.5
|
7.2
|
5.8
|
| Soliton order N
|
5.6
|
4.8
|
5.1
|
4.9
|
5.2
|
5.4
|
5.4
|
5.0
|
4.9
|
| Soliton fission length (cm)
|
1.8
|
1.1
|
0.92
|
0.86
|
0.57
|
0.48
|
0.40
|
0.40
|
0.36
|
| RDW pulse energy (nJ)
|
1.9
|
2.3
|
2.3
|
1.7
|
1.1
|
0.76
|
0.49
|
0.28
|
0.02
|
| RDW central wavelength (nm)
|
825
|
690
|
665
|
620
|
507
|
471
|
452
|
436
|
378
|
| RDW FWHM bandwidth (nm) | 43 | 40 | 42 | 43 | 40 | 42 | 41 | 28 | 12 |