Broadband Z-scan characterization using a high-spectral-irradiance, high-quality supercontinuum

Mihaela Balu, Lazaro A. Padilha, David J. Hagan, Eric W. Van Stryland,* Sheng Yao, Kevin Belfield, Shijun Zheng, Stephen Barlow, and Seth Marder CREOL and Florida Photonics Center of Excellence, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, Florida 32816-2700, USA Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics and School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, USA *Corresponding author: [email protected]