Title :
All-fiber broadband mid-IR source through wavelength translation: Design and simulation
Author :
Barh, Ajanta ; Ghosh, Sudip ; Varshney, R.K. ; Pal, Bishnu P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Indian Inst. of Technol. Delhi, New Delhi, India
Abstract :
An efficient all-fiber compact ~ 50 cm long microstructured optical fiber-based 3-4.2 μm mid-IR light source with power conversion efficiency > 28% has been designed by exploiting FWM with Er3+-doped ZBLAN fiber as the pump.
Keywords :
broadband networks; erbium; infrared sources; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical pumping; FWM; ZBLAN fiber; all-fiber broadband mid-IR source; four wave mixing; mid-IR light source; power conversion efficiency; wavelength translation; Broadband communication; Light sources; Materials; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Photonics; Chalcogenide fibers; Fiber nonlinearity; Microstructured optical fibers; four-wave mixing;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656543
