Calculation of the expected output spectrum for a mid-infrared supercontinuum source based on As 2 S3 chalcogenide photonic crystal fibers.
Opt Express
; 22(18): 22220-31, 2014 Sep 08.
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ABSTRACT
We computationally investigate supercontinuum generation in an As 2 S3 solid core photonic crystal fiber (PCF) with a hexagonal cladding of air holes. With a goal of obtaining a supercontinuum output spectrum that can predict what might be seen in an experiment, we investigate the spectral and statistical behavior of a mid-infrared supercontinuum source using a large ensemble average of 106 realizations, in which the input pulse duration and energy vary. The output spectrum is sensitive to small changes (0.1%) in these pulse parameters. We show that the spectrum can be divided into three regions with distinct characteristics a short-wavelength region with high correlation, a middle-wavelength region with minimal correlation, and a long-wavelength region where the behavior is dominated by a few rare large-bandwidth events. We show that statistically significant fluctuations exist in the experimentally expected output spectrum and that we can reproduce an excellent match to that spectrum with a converged shape and bandwidth using 5000 realizations.
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Opt Express
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OFTALMOLOGIA
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2014
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Article