Title :
A Broadband Mid-Infrared Supercontinuum Generated in a Short Chalcogenide Glass Waveguide
Author :
Yi Yu ; Xin Gai ; Pan Ma ; Zhiyong Yang ; Rongping Wang ; Duk-Yong Choi ; Madden, Steve ; Debbarma, Sanjoy ; Luther-Davies, Barry
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
We have produced ≈20mW of mid-infrared super continuum spanning from 1750nm to ≈8000nm spanning using a 1cm long chalcogenide waveguide pumped by a 21MHz train of 320fs pulses at 4μm.
Keywords :
chalcogenide glasses; high-speed optical techniques; optical glass; optical pumping; optical waveguides; supercontinuum generation; broadband mid-infrared supercontinuum generation; femtosecond pulses; frequency 21 MHz; short chalcogenide glass waveguide; time 320 fs; wavelength 4 mum; Absorption; Glass; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2766-1
DOI :
10.1109/SUM.2014.31
