Generation of Mid-IR continuum using tellurite microstructured fiber

Author

Delmonte, T. ; Watson, M.A. ; O´Driscoll, E.J. ; Feng, X. ; Monro, T.M. ; Finazzi, V. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Price, J.H.V. ; Baggett, J.C. ; Loh, W. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Hand, D.P.

Author_Institution

BAE Syst. ATC, Bristol

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate the production of a well depleted mid-IR continuum with a spectral range between ~0.9 - 2.5 mum using a tellurite wagon wheel microstructured fiber and a pump source at 1.5 mum.

Keywords

multiwave mixing; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; spectral line broadening; tellurium compounds; TeO₂Jk; four wave mixing technique; mid-IR continuum generation; pump source; spectral broadening; tellurite wagon wheel microstructured fiber; wavelength 1.5 mum; zero fiber dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Microstructure; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Optical pumping; Photonic crystal fibers; Silicon compounds; Ultrafast optics; Wheels; (190.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (230.3990) Microstructure devices; (320.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628126

Filename

4628126