Numerical investigation of a broadband coherent supercontinuum generation in Ga₈Sb₃₂S₆₆ chalcogenide photonic crystal fiber with all-normal dispersion

• Autorzy: Medjouri Abdelkader , Abed Djamel , Becer Zoubir

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DOI

10.1016/j.opelre.2019.01.003

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

All normal dispersion (ANDi) and highly nonlinear chalcogenide glass photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is proposed and numerically investigated for a broad, coherent and ultra-flat mid-infrared supercontinuum generation. The proposed PCF consists of a solid core made of Ga₈Sb₃₂S₆₆ glass surrounded by seven rings of air holes arranged in a triangular lattice. We show by employing the finite difference frequency domain (FDFD) method that the Ga₈Sb₃₂S₆₆ PCF dispersion properties can be engineered by carefully adjusting the air holes diameter in the cladding region and ANDi regime is achieved over the entire range of wavelengths with a zero chromatic dispersion around 4.5 μm. Moreover, we demonstrate that injecting 50 fs width and 20 kW peak power laser pulses (corresponding to a pulse energy of 1.06 nJ) at a pump wavelength of 4.5 μm into a 1 cm long ANDi Ga₈Sb₃₂S₆₆ PCF generates a broad, flat-top and perfectly coherent SC spectrum extending from 1.65 μm to 9.24 μm at the 20 dB spectral flatness. These results make the proposed Ga₈Sb₃₂S₆₆ PCF an excellent candidate for various important mid-infrared region applications including mid-infrared spectroscopy, medical imaging, optical coherence tomography and materials characterization.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

nonlinear optics; Ga₈Sb₃₂S₆₆ chalcogenide glass; supercontinuum generation; FDFD method; photonic crystal fiber

• Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Elektryków Polskich ; Polska Akademia Nauk ; Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego
• Czasopismo: Opto-Electronics Review
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: Vol. 27, No. 1
• Strony: 1--9
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 50 poz., wykr., tab., il.

Twórcy

autor

Medjouri Abdelkader

• LEVRES Laboratory, Faculty of Exact Sciences, University of Echahid Hamma Lakhdar EL Oued, BP 789, El Oued, 39000, Algeria

autor

Abed Djamel

• Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of 8 mai 1945 Guelma, 24000, Guelma, Algeria

autor

Becer Zoubir

• LEVRES Laboratory, Faculty of Exact Sciences, University of Echahid Hamma Lakhdar EL Oued, BP 789, El Oued, 39000, Algeria

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2019).