Spectral broadening in low OH content and dispersion-managed tellurite fibres for compact mid IR sources

C. Strutynski; J. Picot-Clémente; F. Amrani; Oussama Mouawad; F. Désévédavy; G. Gadret; J. C. Jules; B. Kibler; D. Deng; T. Cheng; Y. Ohishi; F. Smektala

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7 May 2015 Spectral broadening in low OH content and dispersion-managed tellurite fibres for compact mid IR sources

C. Strutynski, J. Picot-Clémente, F. Amrani, Oussama Mouawad, F. Désévédavy, G. Gadret, J. C. Jules, B. Kibler, D. Deng, T. Cheng, Y. Ohishi, F. Smektala

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Proceedings Volume 9507, Micro-structured and Specialty Optical Fibres IV; 950704 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2182166
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2015, Prague, Czech Republic

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We report the manufacturing and characterization of Tellurite micro structured fibres (MOFs) with low OH content. The different purification processes used during the fabrication of the TeO₂ - ZnO - Na₂O glass allowed us to reduce the hydroxyl compounds concentration down to 1ppm mass. A suspended core MOF was drawn from this material and then pumped by nanojoule-level femtosecond pulses at 1.7μm, its zero dispersion wavelength (ZDW), and well above it at 2.5μm. We show the related supercontinuum (SC) generated in the two distinct dispersion regimes of the waveguide. Moreover, the SC spanning was extended in both visible and mid-IR regions (between 600nm up to 3300nm) by the taperisation of the previously tested MOFs.

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C. Strutynski, J. Picot-Clémente, F. Amrani, Oussama Mouawad, F. Désévédavy, G. Gadret, J. C. Jules, B. Kibler, D. Deng, T. Cheng, Y. Ohishi, and F. Smektala "Spectral broadening in low OH content and dispersion-managed tellurite fibres for compact mid IR sources", Proc. SPIE 9507, Micro-structured and Specialty Optical Fibres IV, 950704 (7 May 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2182166

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