Abstract
We report the first ultra-broad band dispersion measurements in short-length ZBLAN, germanate and silica-based optical fibers in the near- and midIR wavelength ranges between 1.7 and 2.0 μ m and from 2.3 to 2.45 μm, using two ultra-broadband light sources: a broadband superluminescent Tm-doped fiber source and a novel femtosecond pulsed mode-locked Cr:ZnS oscillator. The measured second order dispersion characteristics of the fibers correspond to the theoretical predictions (numerical calculations).
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 6170532 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1943-1947 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Lightwave Technology |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 30 Apr 2012 |
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Manuscript received January 22, 2012; revised March 05, 2012; accepted March 07, 2012. Date of publication March 15, 2012; date of current version April 13, 2012. This work is supported in part by the Norwegian Research Council (NFR) Projects FRITEK/191614, MARTEC MRL, and in part by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), P20293-No16.
Keywords
- Dispersion
- lasers
- measurement techniques
- optical fibers