Experimental measurement and numerical calculation of dispersion of ZBLAN fiber

Author

Jin, Aijun ; Wang, Zefeng ; Hou, Jing ; Zhang, Bin ; Jiang, Zongfu

Author_Institution

Coll. of Optoelectron. Sci. & Eng., Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol., Changsha, China

Volume

3

fYear

2011

fDate

29-31 July 2011

Abstract

The ZrF₄-BaF₂-LaF₃-AlF₃-NaF (ZBLAN) fluoride glass is transparent in a wide wavelength region. Based on this property, it is suitable for many applications especially the sensing, fiber lasers and amplifiers , and infrared supercontinuum generation. All these applications are related closely with the dispersion characteristics of the ZBLAN fibers. In this paper, a novel method based on supercontinuum and interferometer to measure the dispersion of ZBLAN fiber was presented. The experimental and numerical calculation results were compared and found that they were matched well. The zero-dispersion wavelength was obtained around 1.49μm which is shorter than the material zero-dispersion wavelength 1.62μm of the ZBLAN fluoride glass.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; fluoride glasses; numerical analysis; optical fibre dispersion; optical glass; optical variables measurement; supercontinuum generation; ZBLAN fiber dispersion; ZrF₄-BaF₂-LaF₃-AlF₃-NaF; dispersion measurement; light interferometer; numerical calculation; supercontinuum generation; transparent fluoride glass; zero-dispersion wavelength; Adaptive optics; Loss measurement; Measurement uncertainty; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber sensors; Optical reflection; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; ZBLAN fiber; dispersion measurement; supercontinuum;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and Optoelectronics (ICEOE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dalian

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-275-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEOE.2011.6013332

Filename

6013332