Single-mode tellurite glass holey fiber with extremely large mode area for infrared nonlinear applications

doi:10.1364/OE.16.013651

Single-mode tellurite glass holey fiber with extremely large mode area for infrared nonlinear applications

Xian Feng, Wei H. Loh, Joanne C. Flanagan, Angela Camerlingo, Sonali Dasgupta, Periklis Petropoulos, Peter Horak, Ken E. Frampton, Nicholas M. White, Jonathan H. Price, Harvey N. Rutt, and David J. Richardson »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 18, pp. 13651-13656 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.013651

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We report the fabrication of a large mode area tellurite holey fiber from an extruded preform, with a mode area of 3000µm². Robust single-mode guidance at 1.55µm was confirmed by both optical measurement and numerical simulation. The propagation loss was measured as 2.9dB/m at 1.55µm. A broad and flat supercontinuum from 0.9 to 2.5µm with 6mW output was obtained with a 9cm length of this fiber.

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(060.2280) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber design and fabrication
(060.4370) Fiber optics and optical communications : Nonlinear optics, fibers
(060.5295) Fiber optics and optical communications : Photonic crystal fibers

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Photonic Crystal Fibers

History
Original Manuscript: July 3, 2008
Revised Manuscript: August 8, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: August 8, 2008
Published: August 20, 2008

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Xian Feng, Wei H. Loh, Joanne C. Flanagan, Angela Camerlingo, Sonali Dasgupta, Periklis Petropoulos, Peter Horak, Ken E. Frampton, Nicholas M. White, Jonathan H. Price, Harvey N. Rutt, and David J. Richardson, "Single-mode tellurite glass holey fiber with extremely large mode area for infrared nonlinear applications," Opt. Express 16, 13651-13656 (2008)
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J. C. Knight, T. A. Birks, P. St. J. Russell, and D. M. Atkin, "All-silica single-mode fiber with photonic crystal cladding," Opt. Lett. 21, 1547-1549 (1996);Errata, Opt. Lett. 22, 484-485 (1997). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
P. Russell, "Photonic Crystal Fibers," Science 299, 358-362 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
T. M. Monro, Y. D. West, D. W. Hewak, N. G. R. Broderick, and D. J. Richardson, "Chalcogenide holey fibres," Electron. Lett. 36, 1998-2000 (2000). [CrossRef]
T. M. Monro, K. M. Kiang, J. H. Lee, K. Frampton, Z. Yusoff, R. Moore, J. Tucknott, D. W. Hewak, H. N. Rutt, and D. J. Richardson, "High nonlinearity extruded single-mode holey optical fibers," OFC2002 (OSA, Washington, DC, 2002), Postdeadline FA1, 1-3, (2002).
J. Y. Boniort, C. Brehm, PH. DuPont, D. Guignot, and C. Le Sergent, "Infrared glass optical fibers for 4 and 10 micron bands," Proc. 6th ECOC York (London: IEE, 1980) 61-64 (1980).
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T. M. Monro, D. J. Richardson, G. R. Broderick, and P. J. Bennett, "Holey optical fibers: an efficient modal model," J. Lightwave Technol. 17, 1093-1102 (1999). [CrossRef]
X. Feng, T. M. Monro, V. Finazzi, R. C. Moore, K. Frampton, P. Petropoulos, and D. J. Richardson, "An extruded single-mode high-nonlinearity tellurite glass holey fibre," Electron. Lett. 41, 835-837 (2005). [CrossRef]
T. Delmonte, M. A. Watson, E. J. O'Driscoll, X. Feng, T. M. Monro, V. Finazzi, P. Petropoulos, J. H. V. Price, J. C. Baggett, W. Loh, D. J. Richardson, and D. P. Hand, "Generation of mid-IR continuum using tellurite microstructured fiber," CLEO/QELS Long Beach 21-25 May 2006 CTuA4 (2006).
P. Domachuk, N. A. Wolchover, M. Cronin-Golomb, A. Wang, A. K. George, C. M. B. Cordeiro, J. C. Knight, and F. G. Omenetto, "Over 4000 nm bandwidth of mid-IR supercontinuum generation in sub-centimeter segments of highly nonlinear tellurite PCFs," Opt. Express 16, 7161-7168, (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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A. M. Grassi, F. Casagrandea, M. D�??Alessandroa, and S. Marinonia, "Single-modeness of short large mode area fibers: an experimental study," Opt. Commun. 273, 127-132 (2007). [CrossRef]
L. Dong, X. Peng, and J. Li, "Leakage channel optical fibers with large effective area," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24, 1689-1697 (2007).
J. C. Baggett, T. M. Monro, K. Furusawa, V. Finazzi, and D. J. Richardson, "Understanding bending losses in holey optical fibers," Opt. Commun. 227, 317-335 (2003). [CrossRef]
X. Feng, S. Tanabe, and T. Hanada, "Hydroxyl groups in erbium-doped germanotellurite glasses," J. Non-Cryst. Solids 281, 48-54 (2001). [CrossRef]
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G. Ghosh, "Sellmeier coefficients and chromatic dispersions for some tellurite glasses," J Am. Ceram. Soc. 78, 2828-30 (1995). [CrossRef]
J. B. Ashcom, R. R. Gattass, C. B. Schaffer, and E. Mazur, "Numerical aperture dependence of damage and supercontinuum generation from femtosecond laser pulses in bulk fused silica," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 23, 2317-2322 (2006).

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[1] J. C. Knight, T. A. Birks, P. St. J. Russell, and D. M. Atkin, "All-silica single-mode fiber with photonic crystal cladding," Opt. Lett. 21, 1547-1549 (1996);Errata, Opt. Lett. 22, 484-485 (1997). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[2] P. Russell, "Photonic Crystal Fibers," Science 299, 358-362 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[3] T. M. Monro, Y. D. West, D. W. Hewak, N. G. R. Broderick, and D. J. Richardson, "Chalcogenide holey fibres," Electron. Lett. 36, 1998-2000 (2000). [CrossRef]

[4] T. M. Monro, K. M. Kiang, J. H. Lee, K. Frampton, Z. Yusoff, R. Moore, J. Tucknott, D. W. Hewak, H. N. Rutt, and D. J. Richardson, "High nonlinearity extruded single-mode holey optical fibers," OFC2002 (OSA, Washington, DC, 2002), Postdeadline FA1, 1-3, (2002).

[5] J. Y. Boniort, C. Brehm, PH. DuPont, D. Guignot, and C. Le Sergent, "Infrared glass optical fibers for 4 and 10 micron bands," Proc. 6th ECOC York (London: IEE, 1980) 61-64 (1980).

[6] J. S. Wang, E. M. Vogel, and E. Snitzer, "Tellurite glass: a new candidate for fiber devices," Opt. Mater. 3, 187-203 (1994). [CrossRef]

[7] T. M. Monro, D. J. Richardson, G. R. Broderick, and P. J. Bennett, "Holey optical fibers: an efficient modal model," J. Lightwave Technol. 17, 1093-1102 (1999). [CrossRef]

[8] X. Feng, T. M. Monro, V. Finazzi, R. C. Moore, K. Frampton, P. Petropoulos, and D. J. Richardson, "An extruded single-mode high-nonlinearity tellurite glass holey fibre," Electron. Lett. 41, 835-837 (2005). [CrossRef]

[9] T. Delmonte, M. A. Watson, E. J. O'Driscoll, X. Feng, T. M. Monro, V. Finazzi, P. Petropoulos, J. H. V. Price, J. C. Baggett, W. Loh, D. J. Richardson, and D. P. Hand, "Generation of mid-IR continuum using tellurite microstructured fiber," CLEO/QELS Long Beach 21-25 May 2006 CTuA4 (2006).

[10] P. Domachuk, N. A. Wolchover, M. Cronin-Golomb, A. Wang, A. K. George, C. M. B. Cordeiro, J. C. Knight, and F. G. Omenetto, "Over 4000 nm bandwidth of mid-IR supercontinuum generation in sub-centimeter segments of highly nonlinear tellurite PCFs," Opt. Express 16, 7161-7168, (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[11] T. A. Birks, J. C. Knight, and P. St. J. Russell, "Endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fiber," Opt. Lett. 22, 961-963 (1997). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[12] A. M. Grassi, F. Casagrandea, M. D�??Alessandroa, and S. Marinonia, "Single-modeness of short large mode area fibers: an experimental study," Opt. Commun. 273, 127-132 (2007). [CrossRef]

[13] L. Dong, X. Peng, and J. Li, "Leakage channel optical fibers with large effective area," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24, 1689-1697 (2007).

[14] J. C. Baggett, T. M. Monro, K. Furusawa, V. Finazzi, and D. J. Richardson, "Understanding bending losses in holey optical fibers," Opt. Commun. 227, 317-335 (2003). [CrossRef]

[15] X. Feng, S. Tanabe, and T. Hanada, "Hydroxyl groups in erbium-doped germanotellurite glasses," J. Non-Cryst. Solids 281, 48-54 (2001). [CrossRef]

[16] X. Feng, S. Tanabe, and T. Hanada, "Spectroscopic properties and thermal stability of Er3+-Doped germanotellurite glasses for broadband fiber amplifiers," J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 84, 165-71 (2001). [CrossRef]

[17] G. Ghosh, "Sellmeier coefficients and chromatic dispersions for some tellurite glasses," J Am. Ceram. Soc. 78, 2828-30 (1995). [CrossRef]

[18] J. B. Ashcom, R. R. Gattass, C. B. Schaffer, and E. Mazur, "Numerical aperture dependence of damage and supercontinuum generation from femtosecond laser pulses in bulk fused silica," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 23, 2317-2322 (2006).

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