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Using thulium-doped fiber laser to pump fluoride fiber is one of the most common methods to generate mid- infrared supercontinuum (SC). But it is difficult to generate SC spectrum with wavelength more than 4 mu m by directly pumping short fluoride fiber with 2 mu m picosecond (ps) laser. Although some studies with SC exceeding 4 mu m have also been reported, the proportion of spectral power in the long-wavelength region is not very high. To address this issue, a novel and simple approach to solve low peak power of 2 mu m ps pump sources is introduced by adding a short piece of holmium-doped fiber. This method can make full use of the gain bandwidth of Ho3+ and soliton self-frequency shift effect to enhance soliton energy and promote spectral broadening. The effectiveness of the approach is verified by constructing a theoretical model to solve the generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equation. We demonstrate through simulations that addition of holmium-doped fiber can yield significantly improved output spectral range, power ratio in the long-wavelength region and optical-optical conversion efficiency compared to the previous technical. Especially, the implementation of the new technology can effectively expand the SC long-wavelength edge by similar to 470 nm after applying a 3 dB gain, and can easily build a simple, compact and low-cost mid-infrared light source system.
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INFRARED PHYSICS & TECHNOLOGY
ISSN: 1350-4495
Year: 2024
Volume: 139
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JCR@2022
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