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 …

Mid-infrared supercontinuum covering the 1.4–13.3 μm molecular fingerprint region using ultra-high NA chalcogenide step-index fibre

CR Petersen, U Møller, I Kubat, B Zhou, S Dupont… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The mid-infrared spectral region is of great technical and scientific interest because most
molecules display fundamental vibrational absorptions in this region, leaving distinctive …

Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation spanning 2.0 to 15.1 μm in a chalcogenide step-index fiber

T Cheng, K Nagasaka, TH Tuan, X Xue, M Matsumoto… - Optics letters, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally demonstrate mid-infrared (MIR) supercontinuum (SC) generation
spanning∼ 2.0 to 15.1 μm in a 3 cm-long chalcogenide step-index fiber. The pump source is …

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 …

Thulium pumped mid-infrared 0.9–9μm supercontinuum generation in concatenated fluoride and chalcogenide glass fibers

I Kubat, C Rosenberg Petersen, UV Møller… - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We theoretically demonstrate a novel approach for generating Mid-InfraRed
SuperContinuum (MIR SC) by using concatenated fluoride and chalcogenide glass fibers …

Broadband Mid-Infrared Supercontinuum Spectra Spanning 2–15 μm Using As2Se3 Chalcogenide Glass Triangular-Core Graded-Index Photonic Crystal Fiber

TS Saini, A Kumar, RK Sinha - Journal of lightwave technology, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we report analysis, design, and numerical modeling of mid-infrared
supercontinuum generation across 2-15 μm molecular “fingerprint region” using a new …

Refractive index dispersion of chalcogenide glasses for ultra-high numerical-aperture fiber for mid-infrared supercontinuum generation

HG Dantanarayana, N Abdel-Moneim… - Optical Materials …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We select a chalcogenide core glass, AsSe, and cladding glass, GeAsSe, for their disparate
refractive indices yet sufficient thermal-compatibility for fabricating step index fiber (SIF) for …

Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation to 12.5 μm in large NA chalcogenide step-index fibres pumped at 4.5 μm

I Kubat, CS Agger, U Møller, AB Seddon, Z Tang… - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We present numerical modeling of mid-infrared (MIR) supercontinuum generation (SCG) in
dispersion-optimized chalcogenide (CHALC) step-index fibres (SIFs) with exceptionally high …

Optimal operational conditions for supercontinuum-based ultrahigh-resolution endoscopic OCT imaging

W Yuan, J Mavadia-Shukla, J Xi, W Liang, X Yu, S Yu… - Optics letters, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We investigated the optimal operational conditions for utilizing a broadband supercontinuum
(SC) source in a portable 800 nm spectral-domain (SD) endoscopic OCT system to enable …

Two octaves mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in As2Se3 microwires

A Al-Kadry, ME Amraoui, Y Messaddeq, M Rochette - Optics Express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We report the first demonstration of mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in As_2Se_3
chalcogenide microwires with the added advantage of using low energy pulses. The …