Octave-spanning supercontinuum in the mid-IR with a 3 μm ultrafast fiber laser

Darren D. Hudson*, Sergei Antipov, Lizhu Li, Imtiaz Alamgir, Mohammed El Amraoui, Younés Messaddeq, Martin Rochette, Stuart D. Jackson, Alexander Fuerbach

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We demonstrate supercontinuum spanning from 2.2 to 4.6 μm in a dispersion-engineered, As2Se3 microwire using a mode-locked holmium fiber laser operating at 2.9 μm. The output spectrum is > 50 times broader than the input laser spectrum.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNonlinear Optics (NLO 2017)
Subtitle of host publicationproceedings
Place of PublicationWashington, D.C., USA
PublisherOSA - The Optical Society
Pages1-2
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781557528209
ISBN (Print)9780960038060
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
EventNonlinear Optics, NLO 2017 - Waikoloa, United States
Duration: 17 Jul 201721 Jul 2017

Conference

ConferenceNonlinear Optics, NLO 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWaikoloa
Period17/07/1721/07/17

Keywords

  • Supercontinuum generation
  • Ultrafast lasers
  • Nonlinear optics

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