Results in Physics (Jul 2021)

1.7–18 µm mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in a dispersion-engineered step-index chalcogenide fiber

  • Arnaud Lemière,
  • Rémi Bizot,
  • Frédéric Désévédavy,
  • Grégory Gadret,
  • Jean-Charles Jules,
  • Pierre Mathey,
  • Christophe Aquilina,
  • Pierre Béjot,
  • Franck Billard,
  • Olivier Faucher,
  • Bertrand Kibler,
  • Frédéric Smektala

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26
p. 104397

Abstract

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We demonstrate 1.7–18 µm mid-infrared coherent supercontinuum generation by means of the full transmission window of a unique dispersion-engineered step-index Ge-Se-Te fiber. Our study thus opens the entire molecular fingerprint region to future chalcogenide fiber platforms.

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