doi:10.1016/j.optlastec.2019.04.011engSaldaña-Díaz, J.E.Jarabo, S.Salgado-Remacha, F.J.Supercontinuum source based on all-silica fibers with optimized spectral power from 1100 up to 2300nmART-2019-111413The authors present here an attainable fiber supercontinuum source with competitive characteristics in the near infrared range. The proposed system is based on a highly nonlinear silica fiber, with nominal zero-dispersion wavelength at 1550 nm. A mode-locked fiber laser was used as the seed. The pump wavelength was shifted to match the zero-dispersion wavelength of the nonlinear fiber, achieving a better performance of the spectral emission. The supercontinuum emission was characterized between 1100 nm and 2300 nm, showing a flat and wide spectrum with a conversion efficiency over 80%. The set-up consists only in silica fiber and can be considered, therefore, as a cost-effective alternative for supercontinuum generation in the near infrared range, which can be easily implemented in any photonics laboratory, where commercial amplifiers are usual devices.2019http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/14798310.1016/j.optlastec.2019.04.011http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/147983oai:zaguan.unizar.es:147983info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/FIS2013-44174-POptics and Laser Technology 117 (2019), 73-78by-nc-ndhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess