Improvements in the lifetime and performance of microstructured fibers through high temperature loading

摘要

An optical super continuous system comprising an optical fiber and a power unit in which said power unit is a pulse pumping light source and which is adapted to feed said fiber with pulses with a peak power density within said fiber equal to or greater than 100 W / μm2, wherein said optical fiber comprises a core and a coating comprising a core material and a coating material, respectively, wherein said fiber is a non-linear microstructured optical fiber, in the that at least a part of the core is silica, and wherein said microstructured optical fiber comprises hydrogen and / or deuterium fixed with said core material.