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Supercontinuum generation in PCF with As2S3/Ge20Sb15Se65 Chalcogenide core pumped at third telecommunication wavelengths for WDM

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Chalcogenide-based photonic crystal fibers (PCFs), due to their nonlinear properties, are capable of producing supercontinuum spectra, which can be used in the wavelength division multiplexing (WDM). These types of fibers highly absorb telecommunication wavelengths and hence cannot be used to transmit information over the corresponding wavelengths. We have studied the dispersion engineered chalcogenide PCF numerically, which is important to produce ultra-flat broadband supercontinuum (SC) spectra in all-normal dispersion areas. A 1 mm long, hexagonal chalcogenide PCF made from As2S3/Ge20Sb15Se65 and silica glass pumped at 1550 nm provided a SC bandwidth of 5000 nm with pump power of 1 kW. Here, we have reached zero-dispersion wavelength (ZDW) at third telecommunication window, which in turn has given us a broad spectrum at this window with reasonable efficiency.

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This research has been done in Nano-photonics and Optoelectronics Research Laboratory (NORLab) and the authors would like to thank Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University for supporting of this research project.

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    Alireza Cheshmberah & Saeed Olyaee

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Cheshmberah, A., Seifouri, M. & Olyaee, S. Supercontinuum generation in PCF with As2S3/Ge20Sb15Se65 Chalcogenide core pumped at third telecommunication wavelengths for WDM. Opt Quant Electron 52, 509 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-020-02626-9

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