Carbon chloride-core fibers for soliton mediated supercontinuum generation

Chemnitz M, Gaida C, Gebhardt M, Stutzki F, Kobelke J, Tuennermann A, Limpert J, Schmidt MA (2018)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2018

Journal

Optics Express Optical Society of America

Book Volume: 26

Pages Range: 3221-3235

Journal Issue: 3

DOI: 10.1364/OE.26.003221

Abstract

We report on soliton-fission mediated infrared supercontinuum generation in liquid-core step-index fibers using highly transparent carbon chlorides (CCl4, C2Cl4). By developing models for the refractive index dispersions and nonlinear response functions, dispersion engineering and pumping with an ultrafast thulium fiber laser (300 fs) at 1.92 µm, distinct soliton fission and dispersive wave generation was observed, particularly in the case of tetrachloroethylene (C2Cl4). The measured results match simulations of both the generalized and a hybrid nonlinear Schrödinger equation, with the latter resembling the characteristics of a non-instantaneous medium via a static potential term and representing a simulation tool with substantially reduced complexity. We show that C2Cl4 has the potential for observing non-instantaneous soliton dynamics along meters of liquid-core fiber opening a feasible route for directly observing hybrid soliton dynamics.

Involved external institutions

Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien e.V. DE Germany (DE) Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena DE Germany (DE)

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APA:

Chemnitz, M., Gaida, C., Gebhardt, M., Stutzki, F., Kobelke, J., Tuennermann, A.,... Schmidt, M.A. (2018). Carbon chloride-core fibers for soliton mediated supercontinuum generation. Optics Express, 26(3), 3221-3235. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.003221

MLA:

Chemnitz, Mario, et al. "Carbon chloride-core fibers for soliton mediated supercontinuum generation." Optics Express 26.3 (2018): 3221-3235.

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