Title :
Broadband low power super-continuum generation in As2S3 chalcogenide glass fiber nanotapers
Author :
Dekker, S. ; Xiong, C. ; Magi, E. ; Judge, A.C. ; Sanghera, J.S. ; Shaw, L.B. ; Aggarwal, I.D. ; Moss, D.J. ; Eggleton, B.J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate broadband low power supercontinuum generation in arsenic sulphide (As2S3) tapered fiber nanowires with an effective area ~0.8 μm2 and nonlinearity γ = 12,400 W-1 km-1. Simulations showed good agreement between theory and experiment.
Keywords :
arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; nanowires; supercontinuum generation; As2S3; broadband low power supercontinuum generation; chalcogenide glass fiber nanotapers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical signal processing; Power generation; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
