• DocumentCode
    2115561
  • Title

    All-fiber broadband mid-IR source through wavelength translation: Design and simulation

  • Author

    Barh, Ajanta ; Ghosh, Sudip ; Varshney, R.K. ; Pal, Bishnu P.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Indian Inst. of Technol. Delhi, New Delhi, India
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    8-12 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    275
  • Lastpage
    276
  • Abstract
    An efficient all-fiber compact ~ 50 cm long microstructured optical fiber-based 3-4.2 μm mid-IR light source with power conversion efficiency > 28% has been designed by exploiting FWM with Er3+-doped ZBLAN fiber as the pump.
  • Keywords
    broadband networks; erbium; infrared sources; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical pumping; FWM; ZBLAN fiber; all-fiber broadband mid-IR source; four wave mixing; mid-IR light source; power conversion efficiency; wavelength translation; Broadband communication; Light sources; Materials; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Photonics; Chalcogenide fibers; Fiber nonlinearity; Microstructured optical fibers; four-wave mixing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Bellevue, WA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1506-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656543
  • Filename
    6656543