Mid‐infrared photonics using 2D materials: status and challenges

Y Fang, Y Ge, C Wang, H Zhang - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, a variety of 2‐dimensional (2D) materials including graphene, topological
insulators, transition metal dichalcogenides, and black phosphorus have been utilized in …

Hybrid optical fibers–an innovative platform for in‐fiber photonic devices

M Alexander Schmidt, A Argyros… - Advanced Optical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The field of hybrid optical fibers is one of the most active research areas in current fiber
optics and has the vision of integrating sophisticated materials inside fibers, which are not …

A review of mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in chalcogenide glass fibers

S Dai, Y Wang, X Peng, P Zhang, X Wang, Y Xu - Applied Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Chalcogenide glasses have the advantages of a wide transparency window (over 20 μm)
and high optical nonlinearity (up to a thousand times greater than that of silica glasses) …

Silicon waveguide with four zero-dispersion wavelengths and its application in on-chip octave-spanning supercontinuum generation

L Zhang, Q Lin, Y Yue, Y Yan, RG Beausoleil… - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
We propose a novel silicon waveguide that exhibits four zero-dispersion wavelengths for the
first time, to the best of our knowledge, with a flattened dispersion over a 670-nm bandwidth …

Increased mid-infrared supercontinuum bandwidth and average power by tapering large-mode-area chalcogenide photonic crystal fibers

CR Petersen, RD Engelsholm, C Markos, L Brilland… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
The trade-off between the spectral bandwidth and average output power from chalcogenide
fiber-based mid-infrared supercontinuum sources is one of the major challenges towards …

Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in a suspended-core As2S3 chalcogenide microstructured optical fiber

W Gao, M El Amraoui, M Liao, H Kawashima… - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate the supercontinuum (SC) generation in a suspended-core As_2S_3
chalcogenide microstructured optical fiber (MOF). The variation of SC is investigated by …

Ultrafast pulses from a mid-infrared fiber laser

T Hu, SD Jackson, DD Hudson - Optics letters, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Ultrafast laser pulses at mid-infrared wavelengths (2–20 μm) interact strongly with molecules
due to the resonance with their vibration modes. This enables their application in frequency …

Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation using dispersion-engineered Ge11.5As24Se64.5 chalcogenide channel waveguide

MR Karim, BMA Rahman, GP Agrawal - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We numerically investigate mid-infrared supercontinuum (SC) generation in dispersion-
engineered, air-clad, Ge_11. 5As_24Se_64. 5 chalcogenide-glass channel waveguides …

Supercontinuum generation in chalcogenide-silica step-index fibers

N Granzow, SP Stark, MA Schmidt, AS Tverjanovich… - Optics …, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We explore the use of a highly nonlinear chalcogenide-silica waveguide for supercontinuum
generation in the near infrared. The structure was fabricated by a pressure-assisted melt …

Octave-spanning supercontinuum generation of vortices in an As2S3 ring photonic crystal fiber

Y Yue, L Zhang, Y Yan, N Ahmed, JY Yang, H Huang… - Optics letters, 2012 - opg.optica.org
We propose As_2S_3 ring photonic crystal fiber (PCF) for supercontinuum generation of
optical vortex modes. Due to the large material index contrast between As_2S_3 and air …