• DocumentCode
    1772088
  • Title

    Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in concatenated fluoride and chalcogenide glass fibers covering more than three octaves

  • Author

    Kubat, I. ; Petersen, C.R. ; Moller, U.V. ; Seddon, A. ; Benson, T. ; Brilland, L. ; Mechin, D. ; Moselund, P.M. ; Bang, Ole

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Supercontinuum is generated in concatenated ZBLAN and As2Se3 fibers. Initially, a 0.9-4.1mm supercontinuum is obtained by pumping the ZBLAN fiber with a Tm laser, which then continues to broaden to 0.9-9um in As2Se3 fiber.
  • Keywords
    aluminium compounds; arsenic compounds; barium compounds; chalcogenide glasses; glass fibres; lanthanum compounds; optical fibres; optical pumping; sodium compounds; solid lasers; supercontinuum generation; zirconium compounds; As2Se3; ZBLAN; chalcogenide glass fibers; concatenated fluoride glass fibers; mid-infrared supercontinuum generation; optical pumping; wavelength 0.9 mum to 9 mum; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Solitons; Supercontinuum generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989763