Mid-IR Supercontinuum Generation in Ultrafast Laser Inscribed Waveguides

Supercontinuum from 2.5 to 6.5 μm has been generated in ULI waveguides pumped with femtosecond pulses centered at 4.6 μm. Dispersion measurements show the zero dispersion wavelength for the waveguides to be around 5.3 μm.