Numerical investigation of a broadband coherent supercontinuum generation in Ga₈Sb₃₂S₆₀ chalcogenide photonic crystal fiber with all-normal dispersion

A.Medjouri Djamel Abed and Z.Becer

Volume 27, Issue 1, March 2019, Pages 1-9

Opto-Electronics Review

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.opelre.2019.01.003

Abstract

All normal dispersion (ANDi) and highly nonlinear chalcogenide glass photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is proposed and numerically investigated for a broad, coherent and ultra-flat mid-infrared supercontinuum generation. The proposed PCF consists of a solid core made of Ga₈Sb₃₂S₆₀ glass surrounded by seven rings of air holes arranged in a triangular lattice. We show by employing the finite difference frequency domain (FDFD) method that the Ga₈Sb₃₂S₆₀ PCF dispersion properties can be engineered by carefully adjusting the air holes diameter in the cladding region and ANDi regime is achieved over the entire range of wavelengths with a zero chromatic dispersion around 4.5 μm. Moreover, we demonstrate that injecting 50 fs width and 20 kW peak power laser pulses (corresponding to a pulse energy of 1.06 nJ) at a pump wavelength of 4.5 μm into a 1 cm long ANDi Ga₈Sb₃₂S₆₀ PCF generates a broad, flat-top and perfectly coherent SC spectrum extending from 1.65 μm to 9.24 μm at the 20 dB spectral flatness. These results make the proposed Ga₈Sb₃₂S₆₀ PCF an excellent candidate for various important mid-infrared region applications including mid-infrared spectroscopy, medical imaging, optical coherence tomography and materials characterization.

Keywords

Nonlinear optics, Ga₈Sb₃₂S₆₀ chalcogenide glass, Supercontinuum generation, FDFD method, Photonic crystal fiber