Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in soft-glass specialty optical fibers: A review

TS Saini, RK Sinha - Progress in Quantum Electronics, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Mid-infrared region (2–20​ μm) is an important region of electromagnetic spectrum.
Most of the molecules including CH 4, CO, NO, NO 2, C 6 H 6, TNT, NH 3, SF 6, HNO 3 …

Sensitivity advantage of QCL tunable-laser mid-infrared spectroscopy over FTIR spectroscopy

DTD Childs, RA Hogg, DG Revin… - Applied Spectroscopy …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Interest in mid-infrared spectroscopy instrumentation beyond classical FTIR using a thermal
light source has increased dramatically in recent years. Synchrotron, supercontinuum, and …

Widely tunable mid-infrared fiber laser source based on soliton self-frequency shift in microstructured tellurite fiber

MY Koptev, EA Anashkina, AV Andrianov… - Optics letters, 2015 - opg.optica.org
A turnkey fiber laser source generating high-quality pulses with a spectral sech shape and
Fourier transform-limited duration of order 100 fs widely tunable in the 1.6–2.65 μm range is …

High repetition rate mid-infrared supercontinuum generation from 1.3 to 5.3 μm in robust step-index tellurite fibers

S Kedenburg, C Strutynski, B Kibler, P Froidevaux… - JOSA B, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate broadband supercontinuum generation over two infrared octaves,
spanning from 1.3 to 5.3 μm, with an output power of 150 mW in robust step-index tellurite …

Scaling all-fiber mid-infrared supercontinuum up to 10 W-level based on thermal-spliced silica fiber and ZBLAN fiber

Z Zheng, D Ouyang, J Zhao, M Liu, S Ruan… - Photonics …, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate an integrated all-fiber mid-infrared (mid-IR) supercontinuum (SC) source
generated by a 1.95 μm master oscillator power amplifier system and a single-mode ZBLAN …

Ammonia measurement in exhaled human breath using PCF sensor for medical applications

A Abbaszadeh, S Makouei, S Meshgini - Photonics and Nanostructures …, 2021 - Elsevier
Diagnosis of diseases through exhalation is a new, noninvasive method. In this study, a new
photonic crystal fiber (PCF) has been proposed for detecting ammonia gas in breath. The …

Coherent supercontinuum generation in tellurite glass regular lattice photonic crystal fibers

M Klimczak, D Michalik, G Stępniewski… - Journal of the optical …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We report on the design, fabrication, and experimental characterization of highly nonlinear
tellurite glass photonic crystal fibers with engineered normal dispersion characteristics for …

Toward a mid-infrared femtosecond laser system with suspended-core tungstate–tellurite glass fibers

EA Anashkina, AV Andrianov, VV Dorofeev, AV Kim - Applied optics, 2016 - opg.optica.org
A simple design of a fiber laser system for generating high-quality pulses with a duration of
order 100 fs with ultrabroad wavelength tunability in the 2–5 μm range is discussed. This …

Tapered tellurite step-index optical fiber for coherent near-to-mid-IR supercontinuum generation: experiment and modeling

TS Saini, NP Trung Hoa, TH Tuan, X Luo, T Suzuki… - Applied …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate broadband highly coherent near-to-mid-IR supercontinuum generation
using a short length of tapered tellurite step-index fiber pumped with an ultrafast laser in …

All-fiber high-power supercontinuum laser source over 3.5 µm based on a germania-core fiber

X Wang, C Yao, P Li, Y Wu, L Yang, G Ren, C Wang - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
In this Letter, a high-power all-fiber mid-infrared (MIR) supercontinuum (SC) laser source
based on 9 cm long germania-core fiber (GCF) pumped by a high-power thulium-doped …