Broadband light generation at ∼1300 nm through spectrally recoiled solitons and dispersive waves

We experimentally study the generation of broadband light at similar to 1300 nm from an 810 nm Ti:sapphire femtosecond pump laser. We use two photonic crystal fibers with a second infrared zero-dispersion wavelength (lambda(Z2)) and compare the efficiency of two schemes: in one fiber lambda(Z2) = 1400 nm and the light at 1300 nm is composed of spectrally recoiled solitons; in the other fiber lambda(Z2) = 1200 nm and the light at 1300 nm is composed of dispersive waves. (C) 2008 Optical Society of America.