Recent advances in supercontinuum generation in specialty optical fibers

T Sylvestre, E Genier, AN Ghosh, P Bowen, G Genty… - JOSA B, 2021 - opg.optica.org
The physics and applications of fiber-based supercontinuum (SC) sources have been a
subject of intense interest over the last decade, with significant impact on both basic science …

Perspective on the next generation of ultra-low noise fiber supercontinuum sources and their emerging applications in spectroscopy, imaging, and ultrafast photonics

A Rampur, DM Spangenberg, B Sierro, P Hänzi… - Applied physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
A new generation of ultrafast and low-noise supercontinuum (SC) sources is currently
emerging, driven by the constantly increasing demands of spectroscopy, advanced …

Shot-noise limited, supercontinuum-based optical coherence tomography

S Rao DS, M Jensen, L Grüner-Nielsen… - Light: Science & …, 2021 - nature.com
We present the first demonstration of shot-noise limited supercontinuum-based spectral
domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) with an axial resolution of 5.9 μm at a …

Amplitude noise and coherence degradation of femtosecond supercontinuum generation in all-normal-dispersion fibers

E Genier, P Bowen, T Sylvestre, JM Dudley… - JOSA B, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Supercontinuum (SC) generation via femtosecond (fs) pumping in all-normal-dispersion
(ANDi) fiber is predicted to offer completely coherent broadening mechanisms, potentially …

Supercontinuum generation in chalcogenide photonic crystal fiber infiltrated with liquid

LC Van, KD Xuan, T Le Canh, TT Doan, TN Thi… - Optical Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Chalcogenide fibers have attracted much attention for multi-octave spanning
supercontinuum generation in the mid-infrared range. However, readily optimizing the …

Optimization of optical properties of toluene-core photonic crystal fibers with circle lattice for supercontinuum generation

TN Thi, DH Trong, BT Le Tran, TD Van, LC Van - Journal of Optics, 2022 - Springer
We emphasize the advantage of varying the filling factor d 1/Λ in the first cladding ring of
toluene-core PCFs with circle lattice in enhancing the fiber nonlinearity. The guiding …

Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers infiltrated with nitrobenzene

LC Van, K Borzycki, KD Xuan, VT Quoc… - Laser …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
A photonic crystal fiber made of fused silica glass and infiltrated with nitrobenzene (C 6 H 5
NO 2) was proposed as a new nonlinear medium for supercontinuum generation (SG). The …

[HTML][HTML] Near-infrared nanospectroscopy using a low-noise supercontinuum source

KJ Kaltenecker, S Rao DS, M Rasmussen, HB Lassen… - Apl Photonics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Unlocking the true potential of optical spectroscopy on the nanoscale requires development
of stable and low-noise laser sources. Here, we have developed a low-noise …

Ultra-flat, low-noise, and linearly polarized fiber supercontinuum source covering 670–1390 nm

E Genier, S Grelet, RD Engelsholm, P Bowen… - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We report an octave-spanning coherent supercontinuum (SC) fiber laser with excellent
noise and polarization properties. This was achieved by pumping a highly birefringent all …

Ultra-low-noise supercontinuum generation with a flat near-zero normal dispersion fiber

S Rao DS, RD Engelsholm, IB Gonzalo, B Zhou… - Optics letters, 2019 - opg.optica.org
A pure silica photonic crystal fiber with a group velocity dispersion (β_2) of 4 ps^ 2/km at
1.55 μm and less than 7 ps^ 2/km from 1.32 μm to the zero dispersion wavelength (ZDW) …