All-Fiber Optical Supercontinuum Source at 1.7-2.9 μm

Abstract

We report supercontinuum generation in the range of 1.7-2.9 μm at up to 3.08 W of output power from a Tm-doped pulsed fiber laser emitting between 1.9-2.5 μm, spliced with a nonlinear fluoride or germanate fiber.