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Yao Jinmei¹, Zhang Bin^{1, 2, 3, †}, Yin Ke⁴, Hou Jing^{1, 2, 3, ‡}

(a) Experimental set-up for SC generation in cascaded ZBLAN and As₂Se₃ step-index fibers. LMA-TDF: Large mode area thulium-doped fiber; SM: Single-mode; MFA: mode field adapter. (b) Microscope and (c) photograph of fusion splicing between silica fiber and ZBLAN fiber.