In this paper, the optical properties of available-on-market fluoride glass fibers are examined in order to understand their potentialities in a lot of application areas. The investigation is made with reference to several glass characteristics, in order to appreciate how the change of ZBLAN chemical composition can be exploited to tailor the refractive index and the dispersion. Higher order dispersion coefficients are calculated and are inserted in a home-made computer code in order to simulate supercontinuum (SC) generation in ZBLAN fibers, by using the generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation (GNLSE) at an emission wavelength equal to 2.9 μm, which is typically used for medical application. As first result, a broadband spectrum extending beyond 4.4 μm is predicted.
Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in ZBLAN fluoride/fluoroindate fibers at wavelength λ=2.9 μm / Ricchiuti, Giovanna; Falconi, Mario Christian; Loconsole, Antonella Maria; Portosi, Vincenza; Cozic, Solenn; Poulain, Samuel; Prudenzano, Francesco. - ELETTRONICO. - (2020). (Intervento presentato al convegno 22nd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2020 tenutosi a Bari, Italy nel July 19-23, 2020) [10.1109/ICTON51198.2020.9203122].
Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in ZBLAN fluoride/fluoroindate fibers at wavelength λ=2.9 μm
Mario Christian Falconi;Antonella Maria Loconsole;Vincenza Portosi;Francesco Prudenzano
2020-01-01
Abstract
In this paper, the optical properties of available-on-market fluoride glass fibers are examined in order to understand their potentialities in a lot of application areas. The investigation is made with reference to several glass characteristics, in order to appreciate how the change of ZBLAN chemical composition can be exploited to tailor the refractive index and the dispersion. Higher order dispersion coefficients are calculated and are inserted in a home-made computer code in order to simulate supercontinuum (SC) generation in ZBLAN fibers, by using the generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation (GNLSE) at an emission wavelength equal to 2.9 μm, which is typically used for medical application. As first result, a broadband spectrum extending beyond 4.4 μm is predicted.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
