Low noise supercontinuum generated in the photonic crystal fiber for microwave photonic applications

Low amplitude noise and timing jitter are important for application of supercontinuum sources in radio-over-fiber systems and photonic signal processing of microwave signals. We experimentally demonstrate that supercontinuum generated in the short highly nonlinear normal dispersion photonic crystal fiber (PCF) exhibits lower amplitude noise and timing jitter than that generated in the anomalous dispersion single mode fiber. The supercontinuum generated in the highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber at normal dispersion could be a good solution for applications in microwave photonics.