中国物理B ›› 2012, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (5): 54220-054220.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/21/5/054220

• ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS • 上一篇    下一篇

Generation of a mid-infrared broadband polarized supercontinuum in As2Se3 photonic crystal fibers

王晓琰,李曙光,刘硕,尹国冰,李建设   

  1. Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, College of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
  • 收稿日期:2011-09-10 修回日期:2012-04-27 出版日期:2012-04-01 发布日期:2012-04-01
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61178026 and 60978028), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, China (Grant No. 20091333110010), and the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province, China (Grant No. F2009000481).

Generation of a mid-infrared broadband polarized supercontinuum in As2Se3 photonic crystal fibers

Wang Xiao-Yan(王晓琰), Li Shu-Guang(李曙光), Liu Shuo(刘硕) Yin Guo-Bing(尹国冰), and Li Jian-She(李建设)   

  1. Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, College of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
  • Received:2011-09-10 Revised:2012-04-27 Online:2012-04-01 Published:2012-04-01
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61178026 and 60978028), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, China (Grant No. 20091333110010), and the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province, China (Grant No. F2009000481).

摘要: A simplified structure of birefringent chalcogenide As2Se3 photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is designed. Properties of birefringence, polarization extinction ratio, chromatic dispersion, nonlinear coefficient, and transmission are studied by using the multipole method, the finite-difference beam propagation method, and the adaptive split-step Fourier method. Considering that the zero dispersion wavelength of our proposed fiber is about 4 μm, we have analysed the mechanism of spectral broadening in PCFs with different pitches in detail, with femtosecond pulses at a wavelength of 4 μm as the pump pulses. Especially, mid-infrared broadband polarized supercontinuums are obtained in a 3-cm PCF with an optimal pitch of 2 μm. Their spectral width at-20 dB reaches up to 12 μm. In the birefringent PCF, we find that the supercontinuum generation changes with the pump alignment angle. Research results show that no coupling between eigenpolarization modes are observed at the maximum average power (i.e., 37 mW), which indicates that the polarization state is well maintained.

关键词: polarization maintaining, photonic crystal fiber, mid-infrared supercontinuum

Abstract: A simplified structure of birefringent chalcogenide As2Se3 photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is designed. Properties of birefringence, polarization extinction ratio, chromatic dispersion, nonlinear coefficient, and transmission are studied by using the multipole method, the finite-difference beam propagation method, and the adaptive split-step Fourier method. Considering that the zero dispersion wavelength of our proposed fiber is about 4 μm, we have analysed the mechanism of spectral broadening in PCFs with different pitches in detail, with femtosecond pulses at a wavelength of 4 μm as the pump pulses. Especially, mid-infrared broadband polarized supercontinuums are obtained in a 3-cm PCF with an optimal pitch of 2 μm. Their spectral width at-20 dB reaches up to 12 μm. In the birefringent PCF, we find that the supercontinuum generation changes with the pump alignment angle. Research results show that no coupling between eigenpolarization modes are observed at the maximum average power (i.e., 37 mW), which indicates that the polarization state is well maintained.

Key words: polarization maintaining, photonic crystal fiber, mid-infrared supercontinuum

中图分类号:  (Birefringence, polarization)

  • 42.81.Gs
95.85.Hp (Infrared (3-10 μm)) 42.65.-k (Nonlinear optics) 42.62.Fi (Laser spectroscopy)