Supercontinuum generation from ~1.9 to 4:5 μm in ZBLAN fiber with high average power generation beyond 3:8 μm using a thulium-doped fiber amplifier
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Ojas P. Kulkarni,* Vinay V. Alexander, Malay Kumar, Michael J. Freeman, Mohammed N. Islam, Fred L. Terry, Jr., Manickam Neelakandan, and Allan Chan University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA Omni Sciences Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA U.S. Army Communications–Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (CERDEC I2WD), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21005, USA *Corresponding author: [email protected]
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