Title
Dispersion characterization of chalcogenide bulk glass, composite fibers, and robust nanotapers
Abbreviated Journal Title
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B-Opt. Phys.
Keywords
PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; S-SE GLASSES; OPTICAL-FIBERS; SUPERCONTINUUM; GENERATION; CHROMATIC DISPERSION; NONLINEAR PROPERTIES; RAMAN GAIN; REFRACTIVE-INDEX; LASER-PULSES; DOPED FIBER; Optics
Abstract
We report the results of systematic measurements of the group velocity dispersion (GVD) in chalcogenide glass (ChG) bulk samples, composite ChG fibers, and robust high-index-contrast nanotapers. The composite ChG-polymer fibers are drawn from an extruded multimaterial preform incorporating a thick built-in polymer jacket that is thermally compatible with the ChG used, and the nanotapers are then produced without removing the polymer. We isolate the contributions of material and waveguide GVD to the total dispersion in the nanotapers and support the results with finite-element simulations. These results indicate many possibilities for dispersion engineering and nonlinearity enhancement in all-solid index-guiding ChG fibers stemming from the flexibility of this fiber fabrication methodology. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America
Journal Title
Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics
Volume
30
Issue/Number
9
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
2498
Last Page
2506
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0740-3224
Recommended Citation
"Dispersion characterization of chalcogenide bulk glass, composite fibers, and robust nanotapers" (2013). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 4676.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/4676
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