High-power mid-infrared supercontinuum sources: Current status and future perspectives

J Swiderski - Progress in Quantum Electronics, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Mid-infrared (mid-IR) supercontinuum (SC) sources have recently gained much
interest, as a key technology for such applications as spectral molecular fingerprinting, laser …

Power optimization of random distributed feedback fiber lasers

ID Vatnik, DV Churkin, SA Babin - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
We present a comprehensive study of power output characteristics of random distributed
feedback Raman fiber lasers. The calculated optimal slope efficiency of the backward wave …

Mid-infrared Raman-soliton continuum pumped by a nanotube-mode-locked sub-picosecond Tm-doped MOPFA

M Zhang, EJR Kelleher, TH Runcorn, VM Mashinsky… - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a mid-infrared Raman-soliton continuum extending from 1.9 to 3 µm in a
highly germanium-doped silica-clad fiber, pumped by a nanotube mode-locked thulium …

Record power, ultra-broadband supercontinuum source based on highly GeO2 doped silica fiber

D Jain, R Sidharthan, PM Moselund, S Yoo, D Ho… - Optics express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate highly germania doped fibers for mid-infrared supercontinuum generation.
Experiments ensure a highest output power of 1.44 W for a broadest spectrum from 700 nm …

Supercontinuum generation in highly birefringent fiber infiltrated with carbon disulfide

LC Van, BT Le Tran, TD Van, NVT Minh, TN Thi… - Optical Fiber …, 2023 - Elsevier
Supercontinuum generation in highly birefringent fiber infiltrated with carbon disulfide is
numerically studied with a linearly polarized femtosecond laser (1560 nm wavelength, 90 fs …

Photobleaching effect in bismuth-doped germanosilicate fibers

S Firstov, S Alyshev, V Khopin, M Melkumov… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Photoinduced reduction of absorption (photobleaching) in bismuth-doped germanosilicate
fibers irradiated with 532-nm laser has been observed for the first time. It was demonstrated …

Supercontinuum generation up to 2.7 µm in the germanate‐glass‐core and silica‐glass‐cladding fiber

VA Kamynin, AS Kurkov, VM Mashinsky - Laser physics letters, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We have realized supercontinuum source based on the silica‐cladding fiber with the
germanate‐glass‐core pumped by Q‐switched Er‐doped fiber laser. The long‐wavelength …

Fabrication of ultra-high numerical aperture GeO2-doped fiber and its use for broadband supercontinuum generation

PH Reddy, AV Kir'yanov, A Dhar, S Das, D Dutta… - Applied Optics, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We report the fabrication, characterization, and application (broadband supercontinuum [SC]
generation) of ultra-high numerical-aperture heavily (50 mol.%) GeO_2-doped optical fiber …

Polarized all-normal dispersion supercontinuum reaching 2.5 µm generated in a birefringent microstructured silica fiber

K Tarnowski, T Martynkien, P Mergo, K Poturaj… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a polarized all-normal dispersion supercontinuum generated in a
birefringent silica microstructured fiber spanning beyond 2.5 µm. To our knowledge, this is …

Scaling power, bandwidth, and efficiency of mid-infrared supercontinuum source based on a GeO2-doped silica fiber

D Jain, R Sidharthan, G Woyessa, PM Moselund… - JOSA B, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a supercontinuum source with a 20 dB bandwidth from∼ 1 to∼ 3 μm with
output power exceeding 6 W based on a GeO_2-doped silica fiber. This is the highest output …