Design of Ultra Large Normal Dispersion ZBLAN Photonic Crystal Fiber and Its Application in Mid-IR Ultra Short Fiber Lasers

Ying Gao; Jian-feng Li; Ya-zhou Wang; Yi-Wen Shi; Fei Liu; Kun Li; Jian Yang; Yong Liu

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2018.2872985

IEEE Photonics Journal (Jan 2018)

Design of Ultra Large Normal Dispersion ZBLAN Photonic Crystal Fiber and Its Application in Mid-IR Ultra Short Fiber Lasers

Ying Gao,
Jian-feng Li,
Ya-zhou Wang,
Yi-Wen Shi,
Fei Liu,
Kun Li,
Jian Yang,
Yong Liu

Affiliations

Ying Gao: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, School of Optoelectronic Information, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Jian-feng Li: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, School of Optoelectronic Information, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Ya-zhou Wang: State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, School of Optoelectronic Information, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Yi-Wen Shi: State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, School of Optoelectronic Information, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Fei Liu: State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, School of Optoelectronic Information, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Kun Li: State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, School of Optoelectronic Information, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Jian Yang: State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, School of Optoelectronic Information, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Yong Liu: State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, School of Optoelectronic Information, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2018.2872985
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 6
pp. 1 – 9

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A ZBLAN photonic crystal fiber (PCF) with normal dispersion is theoretically designed and investigated. The designed PCF can provide a large normal dispersion coefficient and a low confinement loss in a broad wavelength range of 1.8-3.6 μm. Especially, the PCF exhibits an ultra large normal dispersion value of -351.3 ps/km/nm and a small confinement loss of 0.05 dB/m at 2.9 μ m. By using the designed PCF as a dispersion compensator in a mode-locked ZBLAN fiber laser, stretched pulse with compressed pulse duration of 1.56 ps is numerically achieved.

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ISSN: 1943-0655 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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