Mid-IR fiber optic light source around 6 µm through parametric wavelength translation
TL;DR: A numerically designed all-glass chalcogenide microstructured optical fiber (MOF) for the efficient generation of light around 6m through degenerate four-wave mixing by considering a continuous wave CO laser of 5?10?W power emitting at 5.6??m as the pump is reported in this article.
Abstract: We report a numerically designed highly nonlinear all-glass chalcogenide microstructured optical fiber (MOF) for the efficient generation of light around 6??m through degenerate four-wave mixing by considering a continuous wave CO laser of 5?10?W power emitting at 5.6??m as the pump. By tuning the pump wavelength, pump power, fiber dispersion and nonlinear properties, a narrow (N)- and/or broad (B)- band mid-IR all-fiber light source could be realized. Parametric amplification of more than 20?dB is achievable for the N-band source at 6.46??m with a maximum power conversion efficiency (Cm) ~ 33%, while a amplification ~22?????2?dB is achievable for a B-band source over the wavelength range of 5?6.3??m with a Cm?>?40%.
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TL;DR: In this article, the progress and current status of optical fiber-based techniques for terahertz (THz) generation and transmission are reviewed, and the use of optical fibers for THz application has attracted considerable attention in recent years.
Abstract: Terahertz (THz) frequency range, lying between the optical and microwave frequency ranges covers a significant portion of the electro-magnetic spectrum. Though its initial usage started in the 1960s, active research in the THz field started only in the 1990s by researchers from both optics and microwaves disciplines. The use of optical fibers for THz application has attracted considerable attention in recent years. In this paper, we review the progress and current status of optical fiber-based techniques for THz generation and transmission. The first part of this review focuses on THz sources. After a review on various types of THz sources, we discuss how specialty optical fibers can be used for THz generation. The second part of this review focuses on the guided wave propagation of THz waves for their transmission. After discussing various wave guiding schemes, we consider new fiber designs for THz transmission.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the dispersion profile of the photonic crystal fiber (PCF) has been engineered wisely by reducing the diameter of the second air-hole ring to have a favorable higher order dispersion parameter.
Abstract: In this article, we have presented a new design methodology of obtaining wide band parametric sources based on highly nonlinear chalcogenide material of As2S3. The dispersion profile of the photonic crystal fiber (PCF) has been engineered wisely by reducing the diameter of the second air-hole ring to have a favorable higher order dispersion parameter. The parametric gain dependence upon fiber length, pump power, and different pumping wavelengths has been investigated in detail. Based upon the nonlinear four wave mixing phenomenon, we are able to achieve a wideband parametric amplifier with peak gain of 29 dB with FWHM of ≈2000 nm around the IR wavelength by proper tailoring of the dispersion profile of the PCF with a continuous wave Erbium (Er3+)-doped ZBLAN fiber laser emitting at 2.8 μm as the pump source with an average power of 5 W. The new design methodology will unleash a new dimension to the chalcogenide material based investigation for wavelength translation around IR wavelength band.
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TL;DR: In this article, the progress and current status of optical fiber-based techniques for terahertz (THz) generation and transmission are reviewed, and the use of optical fibers for THz application has attracted considerable attention in recent years.
Abstract: Terahertz (THz) frequency range, lying between the optical and microwave range covers a significant portion of the electro-magnetic spectrum. Though its initial usage started in the 1960s, active research in the THz field started only in the 1990s by researchers from both optics and microwaves disciplines. The use of optical fibers for THz application has attracted considerable attention in recent years. In this article, we review the progress and current status of optical fiber-based techniques for THz generation and transmission. The first part of this review focuses on THz sources. After a review on various types of THz sources, we discuss how specialty optical fibers can be used for THz generation. The second part of this review focuses on the guided wave propagation of THz waves for their transmission. After discussing various wave guiding schemes, we consider new fiber designs for THz transmission.
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01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: In this article, a chalcogenide (Ch) glass-based all-fiber application-specific microstructured optical fibers (MOFs)-based devices like allfiber efficient discrete and broad-band light sources as well as fibers for distortion free high power light guidance in the mid-IR spectral regime.
Abstract: We present chalcogenide (Ch) glass-based all-fiber application-specific microstructured optical fibers (MOFs)-based devices like all-fiber efficient discrete and broad-band light sources as well as fibers for distortion free high power light guidance in the mid-IR spectral regime. For new source generation, nonlinearities and dispersion of index guided Ch-MOFs were suitably tailored through structural optimization, while for high power guidance, an ultra large mode area fiber design and a second design for distortion free parabolic pulse generation will be described.
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TL;DR: In this paper, an ultrabroadband octave-spanning white-light continuum is generated with 60-ps pump pulses of subkilowatt peak power, and the primary mechanism of spectral broadening is identified as the combined action of stimulated Raman scattering and parametric four-wave mixing.
Abstract: Supercontinuum generation is investigated experimentally and numerically in a highly nonlinear index-guiding photonic crystal optical fiber in a regime in which self-phase modulation of the pump wave makes a negligible contribution to spectral broadening. An ultrabroadband octave-spanning white-light continuum is generated with 60-ps pump pulses of subkilowatt peak power. The primary mechanism of spectral broadening is identified as the combined action of stimulated Raman scattering and parametric four-wave mixing. The observation of a strong anti-Stokes Raman component reveals the importance of the coupling between stimulated Raman scattering and parametric four-wave mixing in highly nonlinear photonic crystal fibers and also indicates that non-phase-matched processes contribute to the continuum. Additionally, the pump input polarization affects the generated continuum through the influence of polarization modulational instability. The experimental results are in good agreement with detailed numerical simulations. These findings demonstrate the importance of index-guiding photonic crystal fibers for the design of picosecond and nanosecond supercontinuum light sources.
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