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Optica, Optics Letters, 17(48), p. 4582, 2023

DOI: 10.1364/ol.497678

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Three octave visible to mid-infrared supercontinuum generation seeded by multimode silica fiber pumped at 1064 nm

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Abstract

Hyperspectral spectroscopy requires light sources with wide spectral ranges from the visible to the mid-infrared. Here, we demonstrate the first fiber-based mid-infrared supercontinuum covering three octaves of frequency by leveraging 1-µm laser technology. The process consists in spectral broadening of a 1064-nm pump toward 0.48–2.5 µm in a graded-index multimode fiber, followed by a fluoro-indate fiber used to reach deeper into the near infrared (4.3 µm). Finally, an arsenic selenide chalcogenide fiber allows us to reach the 6-µm wavelength region, providing a 0.75–6-µm supercontinuum. We illustrate the potential of this light source by recording mid-infrared absorption spectra of organic compounds.