Photonics Research, 2018, 6 (5): 05000417, Published Online: Jul. 6, 2018   

Spectrally flat supercontinuum generation in a holmium-doped ZBLAN fiber with record power ratio beyond 3  μm

Author Affiliations
1 College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
2 Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of High Energy Laser Technology, Changsha 410073, China
3 Hunan Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center of High Power Fiber Laser, Changsha 410073, China
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Linyong Yang, Bin Zhang, Ke Yin, Tianyi Wu, Yijun Zhao, Jing Hou. Spectrally flat supercontinuum generation in a holmium-doped ZBLAN fiber with record power ratio beyond 3  μm[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(5): 05000417.

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Linyong Yang, Bin Zhang, Ke Yin, Tianyi Wu, Yijun Zhao, Jing Hou. Spectrally flat supercontinuum generation in a holmium-doped ZBLAN fiber with record power ratio beyond 3  μm[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(5): 05000417.

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