Episode 47

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The Ultimate White Light Laser! DIY Supercontinuum Laser.

In this episode I discuss Supercontinuum Lasers, the ultimate white light Laser! Normally such lasers cost thousands of dollars and use photonic crystal fiber, but later on, I show how to construct one from a practical standpoint, on a super tight budget using plain old telecoms fiber!

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Information on Supercontinuum generation: https://www.rp-photonics.com/supercon...

Supercontinuum Academic paper:
Lin, Chinlon; Stolen, R. H. (1976-02-15). "New nanosecond continuum for excited‐state spectroscopy". Applied Physics Letters. AIP Publishing. 28 (4): 216–218. doi:10.1063/1.88702. ISSN 0003-6951.

0:00 Intro
0:12 Introduction to Supercontinuum
1:37 Supercontinuum kits
3:01 Review of an academic paper
6:17 Overview of a home made supercontinuum laser
8:13 Dye Laser
9:14 Supercontinuum generation
10:27 Dispersing the Supercontinuum with a prism!
11:37 Outro