Generation of watt-level supercontinuum covering 2-6.5 µm in an all-fiber structured infrared nonlinear transmission system
Bin Yan, Tao Huang, Weiwang Zhang, Juan Wang, Lingling Yang, Peilong Yang, Kai Xia, Shengchuang Bai, Ruwei Zhao, Duanduan Wu, Yongxing Liu, Xing Li, Shixun Dai, Qiuhua Nie
Abstract
We demonstrate a watt-level mid-infrared supercontinuum source, with the spectrum covering the infrared region from 2 to 6.5 µm, in an all-fiber structured laser transmission system. To further improve the SC spectral bandwidth, power and system compactness in the follow-up As 2 S 3 fiber, we theoretically and experimentally explored some knotty problems that would potentially result in the As 2 S 3 fiber end-facet failure and low SC output power during the high-power butt-coupling process and proposed an optimal coupling distance on the premise of the safety of As 2 S 3 fiber end face. In addition, we also built a multi-pulse pumping model for the first time to more precisely estimate the SC spectral evolution in As 2 S 3 fiber. This work will give an important reference to someone who is working on the all-fiber structured, high-power mid- and far-infrared supercontinuum source.