Octave-spanning supercontinuum generation with a diode-pumped 1-GHz Ti:sapphire laser

An octave-spanning supercontinuum spectrum is generated in a photonic-crystal fiber using 1-GHz repetition rate, 30-fs diode-pumped Ti:sapphire laser. 390-mW of supercontinuum power is produced in about 550-1100 nm range from 850 mW of pump radiation.