Octave-spanning supercontinuum generation in in situ tapered As2S3 fiber pumped by a thulium-doped fiber laser

    Authors

    C. W. Rudy; A. Marandi; K. L. Vodopyanov;R. L. Byer

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    MU-M; ZBLAN FIBER; GLASS-FIBER; CHALCOGENIDE; BANDWIDTH; AMPLIFIER; OPTICS; ENERGY; INDEX; Optics

    Abstract

    We report a supercontinuum spanning well over an octave of measurable bandwidth from about 1 to 3.7 mu m in a 2.1 mm long As2S3 fiber taper using the in situ tapering method. A sub-100-fs mode-locked thulium-doped fiber laser system with similar to 300 pJ of pulse energy was used as the pump source. Third-harmonic generation was observed and currently limits the pump pulse energy and achievable spectral bandwidth. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    38

    Issue/Number

    15

    Publication Date

    1-1-2013

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    2865

    Last Page

    2868

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000322576200070

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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