A super continuum light source includes an input light source having semiconductor diodes generating an input beam having a wavelength shorter than 2.5 microns. Optical amplifiers receive the input beam and form an amplified optical beam having a spectral width. The optical amplifiers may include a
A super continuum light source includes an input light source having semiconductor diodes generating an input beam having a wavelength shorter than 2.5 microns. Optical amplifiers receive the input beam and form an amplified optical beam having a spectral width. The optical amplifiers may include a cladding-pumped fiber amplifier doped with rare-earth materials. A nonlinear element may include mid-infrared fibers to receive the amplified optical beam and to broaden the spectral width of the received amplified optical beam to 100 nm or more through a nonlinear effect forming an output beam, wherein the output beam is pulsed. At least a portion of the output beam is in a mid-infrared wavelength range between 2 microns and 5 microns and at least a portion of the one or more mid-infrared fibers comprises a ZBLAN fluoride fiber coupled to a chalcogenide fiber.
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1. A super continuum light source comprising: an input light source, including one or more semiconductor diodes, to generate an input beam that comprises a wavelength shorter than 2.5 microns;one or more optical amplifiers to receive at least a portion of the input beam and form an amplified optical
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A super continuum light source comprising: an input light source, including one or more semiconductor diodes, to generate an input beam that comprises a wavelength shorter than 2.5 microns;one or more optical amplifiers to receive at least a portion of the input beam and form an amplified optical beam having a spectral width, wherein at least a portion of the one or more optical amplifiers comprises a cladding-pumped fiber amplifier doped with rare-earth materials; anda nonlinear element comprising one or more mid-infrared fibers to receive at least a portion of the amplified optical beam and to broaden the spectral width of the received amplified optical beam to 100 nm or more through a nonlinear effect forming an output beam, wherein the output beam is pulsed;wherein at least a portion of the output beam is in a mid-infrared wavelength range between 2 microns and 5 microns; andwherein at least a portion of the one or more mid-infrared fibers comprises a ZBLAN fluoride fiber or a tellurite fiber coupled to a chalcogenide fiber. 2. The super continuum light source of claim 1, wherein the chalcogenide fiber comprises a sulfide fiber and a selenide fiber. 3. The super continuum light source of claim 1, wherein the super continuum light source is further coupled to a Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy system. 4. The super continuum light source of claim 1, wherein the super continuum light source is used to identify a sample based at least in part on its chemical composition. 5. The super continuum light source of claim 1, wherein the super continuum light source is coupled to a system for industrial chemical plant control, remote sensing, advanced semiconductor processing, combustion monitoring, bio-medical diagnostics or bio-medical ablation. 6. The super continuum light source of claim 1, wherein the one or more optical amplifiers comprise an erbium combined with ytterbium amplifier, and the chalcogenide fiber comprises a sulfide fiber and a selenide fiber. 7. A super continuum light source comprising: an input light source, including one or more semiconductor diodes, to generate an input beam that comprises a wavelength shorter than 2.5 microns;one or more optical amplifiers to receive at least a portion of the input beam and form an amplified optical beam having a spectral width, wherein at least a portion of the one or more optical amplifiers comprises a fiber amplifier doped with rare-earth materials; anda nonlinear element comprising one or more mid-infrared fibers to receive at least a portion of the amplified optical beam and to broaden the spectral width of the received amplified optical beam to 100 nm or more through a nonlinear effect forming an output beam, wherein the output beam is pulsed;wherein at least a portion of the output beam is in a mid-infrared wavelength range between approximately 2 microns and approximately 5 microns; andwherein at least a portion of the one or more mid-infrared fibers comprises a fluoride or tellurite fiber coupled to a chalcogenide fiber. 8. The super continuum light source of claim 7, wherein the fluoride fiber is a ZBLAN fiber. 9. The super continuum light source of claim 7, wherein the super continuum light source is coupled to a system for industrial chemical plant control, remote sensing, advanced semiconductor processing, combustion monitoring, bio-medical diagnostics or bio-medical ablation. 10. The super continuum light source of claim 7, wherein the super continuum light source is further coupled to a Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy system. 11. The super continuum light source of claim 7, wherein the super continuum light source is used to identify a sample based at least in part on its chemical composition. 12. The super continuum light source of claim 7, wherein the chalcogenide fiber comprises a sulfide fiber and a selenide fiber. 13. The super continuum light source of claim 7, wherein the one or more optical amplifiers comprise an erbium combined with ytterbium amplifier and a thulium amplifier, and the chalcogenide fiber comprises a sulfide fiber and a selenide fiber. 14. A super continuum light source comprising: an input light source, including one or more semiconductor diodes, to generate an input beam that comprises a wavelength shorter than 2.5 microns;one or more optical amplifiers to receive at least a portion of the input beam and form an amplified optical beam having a spectral width; anda nonlinear element comprising one or more mid-infrared fibers to receive at least a portion of the amplified optical beam and to broaden the spectral width of the received amplified optical beam to 100 nm or more through a nonlinear effect forming an output beam, wherein the output beam is pulsed;wherein at least a portion of the output beam is in a mid-infrared wavelength range between 2 microns and 5 microns; andwherein at least a portion of the one or more mid-infrared fibers comprises a chalcogenide fiber, a tellurite fiber, or a fluoride fiber. 15. The super continuum light source of claim 14, wherein the super continuum light source is further coupled to a Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy system. 16. The super continuum light source of claim 14, wherein the super continuum light source is used to identify a sample based at least in part on a chemical composition of the sample. 17. The super continuum light source of claim 14, wherein the mid-infrared fiber comprises a ZBLAN fluoride fiber. 18. The super continuum light source of claim 14, wherein the chalcogenide fiber comprises a sulfide fiber or a selenide fiber. 19. The super continuum light source of claim 14, wherein the super continuum light source is coupled to a system for industrial chemical plant control, remote sensing, advanced semiconductor processing, combustion monitoring, bio-medical diagnostics or bio-medical ablation. 20. The super continuum light source of claim 14, wherein the one or more optical amplifiers comprise an erbium combined with ytterbium amplifier and a thulium amplifier, and the chalcogenide fiber comprises a sulfide and a selenide fiber, and the mid-infrared fiber further comprises a ZBLAN fluoride fiber.
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