DocumentCode
520694
Title
Maximizing the supercontinuum bandwidth in As2 S3 chalcogenide photonic crystal fibers
Author
Weiblen, R.J. ; Hu, J. ; Menyuk, C.R. ; Shaw, L.B. ; Sanghera, J.S. ; Aggarwal, I.D.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We simulate supercontinuum generation in an As2S3 chalcogenide photonic crystal fiber with a hexagonal structure, optimizing the fiber pitch and pulse duration with a 2.8 μm laser source in order to maximize the output bandwidth.
Keywords
arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; holey fibres; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; As2S3; chalcogenide photonic crystal fibers; fiber pitch optimisation; pulse duration optimisation; supercontinuum bandwidth; supercontinuum generation; wavelength 2.8 mum; Bandwidth; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Photonic crystal fibers; Pulse amplifiers; Supercontinuum generation; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Type
conf
Filename
5500286
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