Nonlinear photonic crystal fiber with a structured multi-component glass core for four-wave mixing and supercontinuum generation

We report about a new type of nonlinear photonic crystal fibers allowing broadband four-wave mixing and supercontinuum generation. The microstructured optical fiber has a structured core consisting of a rod of highly nonlinear glass material inserted in a silica tube. This particular structure enabl...

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Published inOptics express Vol. 17; no. 18; pp. 15392 - 15401
Main Authors Tombelaine, Vincent, Labruyère, Alexis, Kobelke, Jens, Schuster, Kay, Reichel, Volker, Leproux, Philippe, Couderc, Vincent, Jamier, Raphaël, Bartelt, Hartmut
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Optical Society of America - OSA Publishing 31.08.2009
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Engineering Sciences
Optics
Photonic
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Summary:We report about a new type of nonlinear photonic crystal fibers allowing broadband four-wave mixing and supercontinuum generation. The microstructured optical fiber has a structured core consisting of a rod of highly nonlinear glass material inserted in a silica tube. This particular structure enables four wave mixing processes with very large frequency detuning (>135 THz), which permitted the generation of a wide supercontinuum spectrum extending over 1650 nm after 2.15 m of propagation length. The comparison with results obtained from germanium-doped holey fibers confirms the important role of the rod material properties regarding nonlinear process and dispersion.
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ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.17.015392