Supercontinuum generation in dispersion engineered highly nonlinear (γ = 10 /W/m) AS2S3 chalcogenide planar waveguide

Michael R.E. Lamont, Barry Luther-Davies, Duk Yong Choi, Steve Madden, Benjamin J. Eggleton

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    Abstract

    We demonstrate supercontinuum generation in a highly nonlinear As 2S3 chalcogenide planar waveguide which is dispersion engineered to have anomalous dispersion at near-infrared wavelengths. This waveguide is 60 mm long with a cross-section of 2 μm by 870 nm, resulting in a nonlinear parameter of 10/W/m and a dispersion of +29 ps/nm/km. Using pulses with a width of 610 fs and peak power of 68 W, we generate supercontinuum with a 30 dB bandwidth of 750 nm, in good agreement with theory.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)14938-14944
    Number of pages7
    JournalOptics Express
    Volume16
    Issue number19
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 15 Sept 2008

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