The physics and applications of fiber-based supercontinuum (SC) sources have been a
subject of intense interest over the last decade, with significant impact on both basic science …

In this paper, we numerically investigate various hollow-core anti-resonant (HC-AR) fibers
towards low propagation and bend loss with effectively single-mode operation in the …

Chalcogenide fibers have attracted much attention for multi-octave spanning
supercontinuum generation in the mid-infrared range. However, readily optimizing the …

Understanding the impact of the cladding tube structure on the overall guiding performance
is crucial for designing a single-mode, wide-band, and ultra low-loss nested hollow-core anti …

A hollow-core anti-resonant fiber (HC-ARF) design based on hybrid silica/silicon cladding is
proposed for single-polarization, single-mode and high birefringence. We show that by …

Birefringent optical elements that work in deep ultraviolet (DUV) region become increasingly
important these years. However, most of the DUV optical elements have fixed birefringence …

Multiband supercontinuum generation covering the bandwidth from 0.65 μm to 3.3 μm was
demonstrated in a gas-filled hollow-core silica fiber pumped by chirped ultrashort pulses at …

The history of the development and current state of hollow-core optical fibers are reviewed.
The basic properties which determine the competitive advantages of hollow-core fibers and …

We demonstrate a multi-watt, picosecond pulse duration laser source by exploiting a
cascaded Raman process to the second Stokes signal at a wavelength of 2.58 μm in a …

Abstract Development of novel mid-infrared (MIR) lasers could ultimately boost emerging
detection technologies towards innovative spectroscopic and imaging solutions …