Ultra-large mode area microstructured core chalcogenide fiber design for mid-IR beam delivery
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An all-solid large mode-area (LMA) chalcogenide-based microstructured core optical fiber (MCOF) was designed and proposed for high power handling in the mid-IR spectral regime, covering the entire second transparency window of the atmosphere (3-5μm).About:
This article is published in Optics Communications.The article was published on 2013-01-15 and is currently open access. It has received 18 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Microstructured optical fiber & Photonic-crystal fiber.read more
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Specialty Fibers for Terahertz Generation and Transmission: A Review
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.
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Wide-band supercontinuum generation in mid-IR using polarization maintaining chalcogenide photonic quasi-crystal fiber.
M. Valliammai,S. Sivabalan +1 more
TL;DR: The proposed PQF-based SC source is a good candidate for applications such as optical sensing, frequency metrology, and optical tomography as the two orthogonally polarized modes allow the high degree of freedom in tuning the properties of the SC.
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Large-mode-area single-mode-output Neodymium-doped silicate glass all-solid photonic crystal fiber.
TL;DR: A 45 μm core diameter Neodymium-doped all-solid silicate glass photonic crystal fiber laser with a single mode laser output is demonstrated and the structure parameters and modes information of the fiber are demonstrated by theoretical calculations using Finite Difference Time Domain method and experimental measurements.
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Plastic fiber design for THz generation through wavelength translation
TL;DR: The authors' simulated results reveal that a THz radiation source at the frequency of ∼3 THz could be realized with a 3-dB phase-matching band width of 2.13 GHz in a 65-m-long optimized MC-DCPF, and maximum power conversion efficiency >1% is realizable even after including the material loss.
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Realization of all-optical multiplexer–demultiplexer in mid-IR wavelengths using triple-core photonic quasi-crystal fiber
TL;DR: In this article, a triple-core photonic quasi-crystal fiber (TPQF) based MUX-DEMUX was proposed for the operation in mid-IR region and the proposed TPQF-based MUX−DEMUX exhibits high bandwidth of 263, 252, 214, 129 and 134 nm for low crosstalk of -36.3 dB at the wavelengths of 2, 2.5, 6.6 and 7.4 mm.
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