Advances in mid-infrared spectroscopy enabled by supercontinuum laser sources

I Zorin, P Gattinger, A Ebner, M Brandstetter - Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Supercontinuum sources are all-fiber pulsed laser-driven systems that provide high power
spectral densities within ultra-broadband spectral ranges. The tailored process of generating …

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 …

Polarization noise places severe constraints on coherence of all-normal dispersion femtosecond supercontinuum generation

I Bravo Gonzalo, RD Engelsholm, MP Sørensen… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Supercontinuum (SC) generated with all-normal dispersion (ANDi) fibers has been of
special interest in recent years due to its potentially superior coherence properties when …

[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-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) …

The value of ultrahigh resolution OCT in dermatology-delineating the dermo-epidermal junction, capillaries in the dermal papillae and vellus hairs

NM Israelsen, M Maria, M Mogensen… - Biomedical optics …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging of the skin is gaining recognition and is
increasingly applied to dermatological research. A key dermatological parameter inferred …

Noise and spectral stability of deep-UV gas-filled fiber-based supercontinuum sources driven by ultrafast mid-IR pulses

AI Adamu, MS Habib, CR Smith, JE Antonio Lopez… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Deep-UV (DUV) supercontinuum (SC) sources based on gas-filled hollow-core
fibers constitute perhaps the most viable solution towards ultrafast, compact, and tunable …

Noise of supercontinuum sources in spectral domain optical coherence tomography

M Jensen, IB Gonzalo, RD Engelsholm, M Maria… - JOSA B, 2019 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we investigate the effect of pulse-to-pulse fluctuations of supercontinuum
sources on the noise in spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) images. The …

High-pulse energy supercontinuum laser for high-resolution spectroscopic photoacoustic imaging of lipids in the 1650-1850 nm region

MK Dasa, C Markos, M Maria, CR Petersen… - Biomedical optics …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We propose a cost-effective high-pulse energy supercontinuum (SC) source based on a
telecom range diode laser-based amplifier and a few meters of standard single-mode optical …

Millimeter-scale chip–based supercontinuum generation for optical coherence tomography

X Ji, D Mojahed, Y Okawachi, AL Gaeta… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Supercontinuum sources for optical coherence tomography (OCT) have raised great interest
as they provide broad bandwidth to enable high resolution and high power to improve …