Simple visible supercontinuum light source with true continuous-wave output power

We present the concept and both the experimental and computational study of a simple supercontinuum light source emitting at temporally highly stable output powers. The principle of the light source is based on a standard pulsed supercontinuum source combined with fiber-based dispersive time-stretching. This approach allows for tailored spectral emission in the visible at a power stability of below 1%. Furthermore, the computation indicates that highly stable light emission with this concept does not necessarily require highest possible input pulse repetition rates and longest dispersive fiber lengths.