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Compact sub-nanosecond wideband laser source for biological applications

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We report on the experimental demonstration of a supercontinuum generation in a highly birefringent nonlinear microstructured optical fiber by use of a sub-nanosecond passively Q-switched Yb-doped double-clad fiber laser. The powerful, low-cost sub-nanosecond pulses produced by the fiber laser source permit one to generate a flat supercontinuum between 1064 and 1600 nm and a more structured spectral broadening down to 400 nm is also initiated.

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  1. Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche Ions Lasers (CIRIL), UMR 6637 CEA-CNRS-ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, 6 Bd Maréchal Juin, 14050, Caen Cedex, France

    M. Laroche, H. Gilles & S. Girard

  2. Laboratoire XLIM, UMR CNRS 6172, Université de Limoges, 123 Av Albert Thomas, 87060, Limoges Cedex, France

    P. Leproux, V. Couderc & C. Lesvigne

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Laroche, M., Leproux, P., Couderc, V. et al. Compact sub-nanosecond wideband laser source for biological applications. Appl. Phys. B 86, 601–604 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-006-2504-7

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