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TECHNOLOGIES FOR OPTICAL COUNTERMEASURES X; AND HIGH-POWER LASERS 2013: TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS
Volume 8898, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
DOI: 10.1117/12.2033926
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Supercontinuum laser; mid infrared source; fiber laser; white-light generation; tellurite glass; tellurite fiber
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Mid-infrared sources are a key enabling technology for various applications such as remote chemical sensing, defense communications and countermeasures, and bio-photonic diagnostics and therapeutics. Conventional mid-IR sources include optical parametric amplifiers, quantum cascade lasers, synchrotron and free electron lasers. An all-fiber approach to generate a high power, single mode beam with extremely wide (1 mu m-5 mu m) and simultaneous wavelength coverage has significant advantages in terms of reliability (no moving parts or alignment), room temperature operation, size, weight, and power efficiency. Here, we report single mode, high power extended wavelength coverage (1 mu m to 5 mu m) supercontinuum generation using a tellurite-based dispersion managed nonlinear fiber and an all-fiber based short pulse (20 ps), single mode pump source. We have developed this mid IR supercontinuum source based on highly purified solid-core tellurite glass fibers that are waveguide engineered for dispersion-zero matching with Tm-doped pulsed fiber laser pumps. The conversion efficiency from 1922nm pump to mid IR (2 mu m-5 mu m) supercontinuum is greater than 30%, and approaching 60% for the full spectrum. We have achieved > 1.2W covering from 1 mu m to 5 mu m with 2W of pump. In particular, the wavelength region above 4 mu m has been difficult to cover with supercontinuum sources based on ZBLAN or chalcogenide fibers. In contrast to that, our nonlinear tellurite fibers have a wider transparency window free of unwanted absorption, and are highly suited for extending the long wavelength emission above 4 mu m. We achieve spectral power density at 4.1 mu m already exceeding 0.2mW/nm and with potential for higher by scaling of pump power.
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