Flat super-continuum spectrum light source based on noise-like pulse pumping

A flat super-continuum spectrum light source of all-fiber structure based on noise-like pulse pumping was designed. In the dispersion-managed erbium-doped fiber laser, by adjusting the polarization state in the cavity, when the pump power was 450 mW, the stable noise-like pulse mode locking was achieved, the center wavelength was 1600 nm, and the pulse width was 303 fs. When the maximum pump power was 1 W, the direct output power of the resonator was 8.6 mW, and the lower power could not effectively expand the width of the super-continuum spectrum. Therefore, an erbium-doped fiber amplifier was designed for power amplification, and the maximum output power was 338 mW. The power-amplified noise-like pulse was coupled into the highly nonlinear fiber to obtain a super-continuum spectrum. The 20 dB spectral range of super-continuum spectrum is 1 530 nm ~ 2 300 nm, and in the range of 1 736 nm ~ 2 134 nm, the flatness of the spectrum is less than 0.5 dB.