Supercontinuum - broad as a lamp, bright as a laser, now in the mid-infrared

Peter M. Moselund; Christian Petersen; Sune Dupont; Christian Agger; Ole Bang; Søren R. Keiding

doi:10.1117/12.920094

Supercontinuum - broad as a lamp, bright as a laser, now in the mid-infrared

Peter M. Moselund, Christian Petersen, Sune Dupont, Christian Agger, Ole Bang, Søren R. Keiding

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Based on the experience gained developing our market leading visible spectrum supercontinuum sources NKT Photonics has built the first mid-infrared supercontinuum source based on modelocked picosecond fiber lasers. The source is pumped by a ≈ 2 um laser based on a combination of erbium and thulium and use ZBLAN fibers to generate a 1.75-4.4 μm spectrum. We will present results obtained by applying the source for mid-infrared microscopy where absorption spectra can be used to identify the chemical nature of different parts of a sample. Subsequently, we discuss the possible application of a mid-IR supercontinuum source in other areas including infrared countermeasures.

Original language	English
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	8381
Pages (from-to)	83811A
ISSN	0277-786X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.920094
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing : Laser Technology for Defense and Security VIII - Baltimore, MD, United States Duration: 23 Apr 2012 → 27 Apr 2012 http://spie.org/app/program/index.cfm?fuseaction=conferencedetail&conference=8381

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Conference	SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing : Laser Technology for Defense and Security VIII
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore, MD
Period	23/04/2012 → 27/04/2012
Internet address	http://spie.org/app/program/index.cfm?fuseaction=conferencedetail&conference=8381

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Supercontinuum - broad as a lamp, bright as a laser, now in the mid-infrared. / Moselund, Peter M.; Petersen, Christian; Dupont, Sune; Agger, Christian; Bang, Ole; Keiding, Søren R.

In: Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 8381, 2012, p. 83811A.

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Supercontinuum - broad as a lamp, bright as a laser, now in the mid-infrared

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