Two-octave spanning supercontinuum from a 4.53 µm fiber-based laser

Abstract

We report on the generation of two-octave mid-infrared supercontinuum in stock, unprocessed, large core chalcogenide fiber pumped by a fiber-based laser delivering 35 kW, 180 fs pulses at 4.53 μm.

Keywords

• Mid-infrared photonics
• Nonlinear fiber optics
• Ultrafast lasers