Broadband Dispersion Measurement of ZBLAN, Germanate and Silica Fibers in MidIR

Author

Klimentov, D. ; Tolstik, N. ; Dvoyrin, V.V. ; Kalashnikov, V.L. ; Sorokina, I.T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim, Norway

Volume

30

Issue

12

fYear

2012

fDate

6/15/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1943

Lastpage

1947

Abstract

We report the first ultra-broad band dispersion measurements in short-length ZBLAN, germanate and silica-based optical fibers in the near- and midIR wavelength ranges between 1.7 and 2.0 μm and from 2.3 to 2.45 μm, using two ultra-broadband light sources: a broadband superluminescent Tm-doped fiber source and a novel femtosecond pulsed mode-locked Cr:ZnS oscillator. The measured second order dispersion characteristics of the fibers correspond to the theoretical predictions (numerical calculations).

Keywords

laser mode locking; optical fibre dispersion; optical variables measurement; thulium; ZBLAN; ZnS:Cr; broadband superluminescent Tm-doped fiber source; femtosecond pulsed mode-locked oscillator; germanate-based optical fibers; second order dispersion characteristics; silica-based optical fibers; ultra-broad band dispersion measurements; ultra-broadband light sources; wavelength 1.7 mum to 2 mum; wavelength 2.3 mum to 2.45 mum; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Wavelength measurement; Dispersion; lasers; measurement techniques; optical fibers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2012.2191138

Filename

6170532