Recent developments in mid-infrared fiber lasers: Status and challenges

Z Wang, B Zhang, J Liu, Y Song, H Zhang - Optics & Laser Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
The mid-infrared fiber lasers in the 2–3.5 μm spectral regions have been extensively applied
in many application fields, such as biomedicine, telecommunications, military and nonlinear …

Optical microfiber passive components

R Ismaeel, T Lee, M Ding, M Belal… - Laser & Photonics …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Optical microfiber waveguides with diameters close to the wavelength of light possess an
intriguing combination of properties, such a tight modal confinement, tailorable dispersion …

Efficient four-wave mixing in an ultra-highly nonlinear suspended-core chalcogenide As_38Se_62 fiber

SD Le, DM Nguyen, M Thual, L Bramerie… - Optics …, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We report a chalcogenide suspended-core fiber with ultra-high nonlinearity and low
attenuation loss. The glass composition is As_38Se_62. With a core diameter as small as …

Broadband flat supercontinuum generated by chalcogenide double-clad step-index fiber with special dispersion

Y Liu, S Li, M Liao, L Zhang, C Wang, Y Guo… - Physica …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
To achave a broader supercontinuum in the mid-infrared band, a chalcogenide double-clad
step-index fiber is proposed. Comprising As 2 Se 3, AsSe 2, and As 2 S 5 glass, this fiber …

Design and optimization of tellurite hybrid microstructured optical fiber with high nonlinearity and low flattened chromatic dispersion for optical parametric amplification

T Cheng, K Asano, Z Duan, TH Tuan, W Gao… - Optics …, 2014 - Elsevier
The linear phase-mismatch and the optical signal gain in the highly nonlinear tellurite hybrid
microstructured optical fiber based on the degenerate four-wave mixing are numerically …

Exact Solution of the Raman Response Function of Chalcogenide Fiber and Its Influence on the Mid-Infrared Supercontinuum

Z Wu, Y Ding, X Peng - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
We fabricated a core-cladding Ge–Sb–Se glass fiber with a Ge12. 5Sb15Se72. 5 core and
Ge15Sb10Se75 cladding, achieved a supercontinuum spectrum spanning from 2 μm to 9 …

Continuous-wave four-wave mixing in cm-long Chalcogenide microstructured fiber

CS Brès, S Zlatanovic, AOJ Wiberg, S Radic - Optics express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We present the experimental demonstration of broadband four-wave mixing in a 2.5 cm-long
segment of AsSe Chalcogenide microstructured fiber. The parametric mixing was driven by …

Mid-infrared second-harmonic generation and its red-shift signal induced by cross-phase modulation in an AsSe2 soft glass microstructured optical fiber

T Cheng, X Chen, Q Wang, X Yan, X Zhang… - Optics & Laser …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigate an AsSe 2 soft glass microstructured optical fiber (MOF)
featuring a hexagonal arrangement of six holes. The MOF is subjected to femtosecond laser …

Precision fabrication of a four-hole Ge15Sb15Se70 chalcogenide suspended-core fiber for generation of a 1.5–12 µm ultrabroad mid-infrared supercontinuum

Y Yuan, K **a, Y Wang, Z Liu, N Zhang, J Su… - Optical Materials …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We reported the fabrication of a high-precision, long-length (> 10 cm), four-hole, and As-free
Ge_15Sb_15Se_70 chalcogenide (ChG) suspended-core fiber (SCF) preform based on the …

Original designs of chalcogenide microstuctured optical fibers

J Troles, L Brilland, C Caillaud… - Advanced Device …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The combination of the unique optical properties of chalcogenide glasses, in terms of
infrared transmission and optical non-linearity, with the original guiding properties of …