The invention discloses a high-numerical-aperture all-
solid-state fluorotellurite glass
optical fiber, as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of special glass optical fibers. The high-numerical-aperture all-
solid-state fluorotellurite glass
optical fiber comprises a
fiber core and a cladding layer, wherein the
fiber core is made of
tellurium yttrium barium (TBY), the
diameter of the
fiber core is 0.5 to 100 microns, and the fiber core comprises TeO2, BaF2 and Y2O3; and the cladding layer is made of aluminum
magnesium calcium strontium barium yttrium tellurium (AMCSBYT), the thickenss is 1 to 200 microns, and the cladding layer comprises AlF3, MgF2, CaF2, SrF2, BaF2, YF3 and TeO3. The matrix glass is molten in a glove box protected by
nitrogen, so that the low hydroxyl content of the prepared glass sample is guaranteed, and the
optical fiber is prepared with a rod tube method. The prepared optical fiber has relatively
high numerical aperture and relatively low limited loss. The chromatic dispersion and the non-
linearity of the optical fiber can be regulated and controlled on a large scale by changing the core
diameter size of the optical fiber. The optical fiber serves as a non-
linear medium, and an intermediate
infrared super-
continuous light source with spectral bandwidth coverage being 0.35 to 5.5 microns and output average power being tens of watts can be obtained.