CPC G02F 1/3528 (2021.01) [G02F 1/3503 (2021.01); G02F 1/365 (2013.01); G02F 2202/32 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
1. A supercontinuum light generation apparatus, comprising:
a pump light source configured to provide circularly polarised pump light;
a twisted photonic crystal fibre (PCF) arranged to receive the circularly polarised pump light and to convert the pump light into circularly polarised supercontinuum light; and
a wideband quarter-wave retarder arranged to convert the circularly polarised supercontinuum light into linearly polarised supercontinuum light.
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