Visible-near-middle infrared spanning supercontinuum generation in a silicon nitride (Si3N4) waveguide

Authors :: Dmitry Martyshkin
Vladimir V. Fedorov
Junqiu Liu
Taylor Kesterson
Sergey B. Mirov
Sergey Vasilyev
Tobias J. Kippenberg
Konstantin L. Vodopyanov
Wenle Weng
Hairun Guo
Source :: Optical Materials Express. 9:2553
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: The Optical Society, 2019.
Abstract: We demonstrate the generation of a supercontinuum spanning more than 1.5 octaves over the 1.2–3.7 µm range in a silicon nitride waveguide using sub-40-fs pulses at 2.35 µm generated by a 75 MHz Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr:ZnS laser.

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