Abstract
For nearly fifty years the supercontinuum source, a result of the understanding and control of the underlying physical processes, has evolved as a scientific and commercial success, providing spectral versatility well beyond the limitations of the transmission window of silica and pumped by diverse temporal formats. The relevant physical processes, characteristics and current status are reviewed with a look to future development and application.
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