Mid-infrared 2000-nm bandwidth supercontinuum generation in suspended-core microstructured sulfide and tellurite optical fibers

Opt Express. 2012 Nov 19;20(24):27083-93. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.027083.

Abstract

In this work, we report the experimental observation of supercontinua generation in two kinds of suspended-core microstructured soft-glass optical fibers. Low loss, highly nonlinear, tellurite and As2S3 chalcogenide fibers have been fabricated and pumped close to their zero-dispersion wavelength in the femtosecond regime by means of an optical parametric oscillator pumped by a Ti:Sapphire laser. When coupled into the fibers, the femtosecond pulses result in 2000-nm bandwidth supercontinua reaching the Mid-Infrared region and extending from 750 nm to 2.8 µm in tellurite fibers and 1 µm to 3.2 µm in chalcogenide fibers, respectively.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Lasers*
  • Light*
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Optical Fibers*
  • Sulfides / chemistry*
  • Tellurium / chemistry*

Substances

  • Sulfides
  • tellurous acid
  • Tellurium