Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and Optoelectronics (ICEOE), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-275-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICEOE.2011.6013332
