Title :
Chalcogenide Core Tellurite Cladding Composite Microstructured Fiber for Nonlinear Applications
Author :
Chaudhari, Chitrarekha ; Liao, Meisong ; Suzuki, Takenobu ; Ohishi, Yasutake
Author_Institution :
Res. Center for Adv. Photon Technol., Toyota Technol. Inst., Nagoya, Japan
fDate :
7/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We present detailed design of a highly nonlinear chalcogenide core tellurite cladding composite microstructured fiber and dispersion tailoring in it. The fabrication procedure for the microstructured fiber is explained. Its applications to nonlinear phenomena are described with the experimental demonstration of the supercontinuum generation and the simulation of the parametric gain. It is observed that a supercontinuum spectrum of 20 dB bandwidth covering 0.80-2.40 μm is generated by this composite microstructure fiber when 1.85 μm pump is used. The simulation results show that the bandwidth over which the calculated parametric gain is more than 10 dB is 1680 nm, ranging from 1.04 to 2.72 μm.
Keywords :
chalcogenide glasses; micro-optics; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; chalcogenide core tellurite cladding composite; composite microstructure fiber; microstructured fiber; nonlinear applications; optical dispersion; supercontinuum generation; supercontinuum spectrum; Glass; Indexes; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Chalcogenide core tellurite cladding glass fibers; chromatic dispersion; composite fiber; highly non-linear glass fibers; nanofibers; parametric amplification; supercontinuum generation;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2012.2191766
