Generation of near-diffraction-limited, high-power supercontinuum from 1.57 μm to 12 μm with cascaded fluoride and chalcogenide fibers

K Guo, RA Martinez, G Plant, L Maksymiuk… - Applied …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We generate a supercontinuum (SC) spectrum ranging from 1.57 μm to 12 μm (20 dB
bandwidth) with a soft glass fiber cascade consisting of ZrF_4-BaF_2-LaF_3-AlF_3-NaF …

Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation from 1.6 to> 11 μm using concatenated step-index fluoride and chalcogenide fibers

RA Martinez, G Plant, K Guo, B Janiszewski… - Optics letters, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate an all-fiber supercontinuum source that generates a continuous spectrum
from 1.6 μm to> 11 μm with 417 mW on-time average power at 33% duty cycle. By utilizing a …

Over three-octave spanning supercontinuum generated in a fluoride fiber pumped by Er & Er: Yb-doped and Tm-doped fiber amplifiers

J Swiderski, M Michalska - Optics & Laser Technology, 2013 - Elsevier
We demonstrate broadband 0.9–3.6 µm supercontinuum (SC) generation with 0.66 W of
output power, using a single-mode fluoride (ZBLAN) fiber pumped by 1.55 µm nanosecond …

High-power supercontinuum generation in a ZBLAN fiber with very efficient power distribution toward the mid-infrared

J Swiderski, M Michalska - Optics Letters, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We report high-power supercontinuum (SC) generation in a step-index fluorozirconate
(ZBLAN) fiber with a zero-dispersion wavelength shifted to∼ 1.9 μm. Pumping the fluoride …

Power scalable mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in ZBLAN fluoride fibers with up to 1.3 watts time-averaged power

C Xia, M Kumar, MY Cheng, RS Hegde, MN Islam… - optics Express, 2007 - opg.optica.org
Mid-infrared supercontinuum (SC) extending to~ 4.0 μm is generated with 1.3 W time-
averaged power, the highest power to our knowledge, in ZBLAN (ZrF_4-BaF_2-LaF_3 …

Infrared supercontinuum generated in concatenated InF3 and As2Se3 fibers

F Théberge, N Bérubé, S Poulain, S Cozic… - Optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We report on infrared supercontinuum (SC) generation through subsequent nonlinear
propagation in concatenated step-index fluoride and As_2Se_3 fiber. These fibers were …

High-power short-wavelength infrared supercontinuum generation in multimode fluoride fiber

Z Eslami, P Ryczkowski, C Amiot, L Salmela, G Genty - JOSA B, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate the generation of octave-spanning supercontinuum generation from 1200
nm to over 2500 nm with 600 mW average power in a short length of multimode fluoride fiber …

30-W supercontinuum generation based on ZBLAN fiber in an all-fiber configuration

L Yang, Y Li, B Zhang, T Wu, Y Zhao, J Hou - Photonics Research, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We report an all-fiberized 30-W supercontinuum (SC) generation in a piece of ZrF_4-BaF_2-
LaF_3-AlF_3-NaF (ZBLAN) fiber. The pump source is a thulium-doped fiber amplifier (TDFA) …

1.2–15.2 μm supercontinuum generation in a low-loss chalcohalide fiber pumped at a deep anomalous-dispersion region

K Jiao, J Yao, X Wang, X Wang, Z Zhao, B Zhang… - Optics Letters, 2019 - opg.optica.org
A novel low-loss selenium-based chalcohalide fiber, with a low zero-dispersion wavelength,
was prepared by an innovative preparation process. The composition optimized fiber has a …

Broadband mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in novel As2Se3-As2Se2S step-index fibers

Y Wang, S Dai, X Han, P Zhang, Y Liu, X Wang… - Optics …, 2018 - Elsevier
We experimentally demonstrate the mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in a
chalcogenide step-index fiber consisting of an As 2 Se 3 core and an As 2 Se 2 S cladding …