Volume 66, Issue 9 e34316
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Supercontinuum generation in Ga-Sb-S chalcogenide-based PCF using optofluidic approach

Deepak Garg

Deepak Garg

Advanced Photonics Simulation Research Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India

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Akash Khamaru

Akash Khamaru

Advanced Photonics Simulation Research Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India

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Ajeet Kumar

Corresponding Author

Ajeet Kumar

Advanced Photonics Simulation Research Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India

Correspondence Ajeet Kumar, Advanced Photonics Simulation Research Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics, Delhi Technological University, Bawana Rd., New Delhi, Delhi 110042, India.

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First published: 12 September 2024
Citations: 2

Abstract

We report the design and theoretical study of a Ga-Sb-S chalcogenide glass-based photonic crystal fiber (PCF) structure for mid-infrared supercontinuum generation. The proposed design is engineered by adjusting the diameter of air holes in the cladding region and pitch, giving us control over the dispersion characteristics of the fiber. The optimized structure design offers the Zero Dispersion Wavelength of 5.2 μm. When pumped with 50 fs secant hyperbolic pulses of peak power 4.9 kW, for a fiber of length 8 mm at pump wavelength of 5 μm, the proposed structure design produces an ultra-broadband supercontinuum spectrum spanning 1.5–14 μm. Proposed PCF design should be helpful in, biomedical imaging, supercontinuum sources, biosesning, and optical coherence tomography.

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