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13 March 2024 Mid-IR supercontinuum generation in high numerical aperture chalcogenide fibers for environmental monitoring
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Abstract
The mid-IR wavelength range, and the fundamental vibrational absorption fingerprint region it encompasses, can be utilised for a variety of environmental and medical monitoring applications requiring the detection of specific covalently bonded molecules, for example, in atmosphere or in a patient’s breath. Mid-IR transmitting chalcogenide fibres, based on the elements: sulfur, selenium, and tellurium, have a characteristically high optical non-linearity and thus can be tailored to also generate mid-IR supercontinuum light that covers this fingerprint region. The process of designing, fabricating, and characterising chalcogenide glass fibres via differential scanning calorimetry, microscopy, ellipsometry, and optical fibre loss measurements is detailed.
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(2024) Published by SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Richard Crane, Ole Bang, Jakob Janting, Getinet T. Woyessa, and Christian R. Petersen "Mid-IR supercontinuum generation in high numerical aperture chalcogenide fibers for environmental monitoring", Proc. SPIE PC12835, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Treatment, and Environmental Applications XXIV, PC128350G (13 March 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3000499
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KEYWORDS
Mid-IR

Supercontinuum generation

Environmental monitoring

Chalcogenides

Glasses

Step index fibers

Chalcogenide glass

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