Supercontinuum generation and IR image transportation using soft glass optical fibers: a review [Invited

Abstract

Soft glass optical fibers, especially highly nonlinear optical fibers, have expanded their application fields. We have been engaged in soft glass optical fibers, such fluoride, tellurite and chalcogenide glass, for optical signal processing, lightwave generation and waveguide applications. Furthermore, we have challenged the research on novel waveguides, for example, transverse Anderson localization of mid-infrared light using transversely disordered optical fiber. Here we report our achievements on SC generation and novel waveguides research using the soft glass highly nonlinear optical fibers.