All-fiber mid-IR supercontinuum source from 1.5 to 5 µm

An all-fiber supercontinuum source extending from 1.5 to 5 μm has been demonstrated in single-mode step-index As2S3 fiber using a Raman shifted erbium doped mode-locked silica fiber laser pump source. 140 mW broadband power was demonstrated with a spectral intensity variation of 10 dB from 1.9 to 4.4 μm and 20 dB from 1.65 to 4.78 μm.