Towards high-power and ultra-broadband mid-infrared supercontinuum generation using tapered multimode glass rods

Esteban Serrano; Damien Bailleul; Frédéric Désévédavy; Pierre Béjot; Grégory Gadret; Pierre Mathey; Frédéric Smektala; Bertrand Kibler

doi:10.1364/PRJ.541738

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