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Tailoring soliton fission at telecom wavelengths using composite-liquid-core fibers

Authors :
Saher Junaid
Markus A. Schmidt
Mario Chemnitz
Kay Schaarschmidt
Ramona Scheibinger
Jens Kobelke
Nico Walther
Source :
Optics Letters. 45:2985
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Optica Publishing Group, 2020.

Abstract

Accurate dispersion management is key for efficient nonlinear light generation. Here, we demonstrate that composite-liquid-core fibers—fibers with binary liquid mixtures as the core medium—allow for accurate and tunable control of dispersion, loss, and nonlinearity. Specifically, we show numerically that mixtures of organic and inorganic solvents in silica capillaries yield anomalous dispersion and reasonable nonlinearity at telecommunication wavelengths. This favorable operation domain is experimentally verified in various liquid systems through dispersion-sensitive supercontinuum generation, with all results being consistent with theoretical designs and simulations. Our results confirm that mixtures introduce a cost-effective means for liquid-core fiber design that allows for loss control, nonlinear response variation, and dispersion engineering.

Details

ISSN :
15394794 and 01469592
Volume :
45
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Optics Letters
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....579b3acb6d3178a255c7e4239c3fa84f
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.393089