Supercontinuum generation in picosecond regime in a highly nonlinear tapered tellurite microstructured optical fiber

Abstract

We have demonstrated broad SC generation from UV to mid IR by using a highly nonlinear tapered tellurite microstructured fiber pumped by a 15-ps-pulsed laser with the peak power of 375 W. The constructed SC light source is cost-effective, since neither femtosecond pulsed laser nor high power picosecond pulsed laser is adopted.