Mid-IR Supercontinuum Generation

Autor: Younes Messaddeq, Alexander Fuerbach, Sergei Antipov, M. El Amraoui, Imtiaz Alamgir, Lizhu Li, Stuart D. Jackson, Martin Rochette, Darren D. Hudson, Robert I. Woodward
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Advanced Photonics 2018 (BGPP, IPR, NP, NOMA, Sensors, Networks, SPPCom, SOF).
Popis: Output pulses from an ultrafast holmium-praseodymium co-doped fiber ring laser are spectrally broadened in different highly nonlinear chalcogenide fibers. Moderate levels of broadening are achieved in step-index fibers and the effect is utilized for nonlinear pulse compression. Much larger broadening factors can be observed in suspended-core fibers and polymer-protected robust all-chalcogenide microwires. Under optimized conditions, an ultra-broadband supercontinuum spanning from 2 – 12 μm is generated.
Databáze: OpenAIRE