We report the fabrication of cascaded photonic crystal fiber （PCF） tapers in monolithic design. Flat broadband supercontinuum （SC） generation in cascaded PCF tapers pumped by sub-nanosecond pulses from a 1 064-nm microchip laser is demonstrated. The spectral width （20 dB） extends from 0.47 to 1.67 μm. In the optimal configuration, an ultraflat （3 dB） spectrum from 500 to 1 000 nm is achieved.
High power supercontinuum generation has witnessed rapid developments during the past few years. The mecha- nism and the latest achievements in high power supercontinuum generation are reviewed both for the continuous wave pump regime and the pulsed pump regime. The challenges in scaling the average power of supereontinuum generation are analyzed. Some of our works on high power supercontinuum generation are summarized, and perspectives for the future development are discussed.
