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Suspended core tellurite glass optical fibers for infrared supercontinuum generation

Xiaolin ZhengMohammed El-amraouiJohann TrolesFrédéric DésévédavyLaurent BrillandFrédéric SmektalaInna SaveliiGrégory GadretJohn M. DudleyN. ManikandanBertrand KiblerJean-charles JulesJulien FatomeGilles Renversez

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Microstructured optical fibersMaterials scienceOptical fiberInfrared02 engineering and technology7. Clean energy01 natural scienceslaw.invention010309 opticsInorganic ChemistryZero-dispersion wavelengthOpticslawTellurite glassfibre optique microstucturée0103 physical sciencesFiberElectrical and Electronic EngineeringPhysical and Theoretical ChemistrySuspended core fibersSupercontinuumSpectroscopy[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics][ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics]business.industryOrganic Chemistryoptique nonlinéaire021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsinfrarougeElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSupercontinuumNonlinear propertiesCore (optical fiber)coeur suspenduWavelengthFemtosecond[SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic[ SPI.OPTI ] Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic0210 nano-technologybusiness

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International audience; We report the fabrication and characterization of tellurite TeO(2)-ZnO-Na(2)O (TZN) microstructured suspended core optical fibers (MOFs). These fibers are designed for infrared supercontinuum generation with zero dispersion wavelength (ZDW) at 1.451 mu m. The measured losses at this wavelength are approximately 6 dB/m for a MOF with a 2.2 mu m diameter core. The effective area of a particular fiber is 3.5 mu m(2) and the nonlinear coefficient is calculated to be 437 W(-1)km(-1). By pumping a 20 cm long fiber at 1.56 mu m with a sub-nj femtosecond laser source, we generate a supercontinuum (SC) spanning over 800 nm in the 1-2 mu m wavelength range.

10.1016/j.optmat.2011.05.010https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00655170