• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 8, Issue 11, 1028 (2010)
Liang Fang, Jianlin Zhao, and Xuetao Gan
Author Affiliations
  • Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Key Laboratory of Space Applied Physics and Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Xi’an 710072, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL20100811.1028 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Liang Fang, Jianlin Zhao, Xuetao Gan, "Ultra broadband-flattened dispersion photonic crystal fiber for supercontinuum generation," Chin. Opt. Lett. 8, 1028 (2010) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We propose an improved design of photonic crystal fiber (PCF) with ultra broadband-flattened dispersion and ultra-low confinement loss in the telecommunication window. The design is considerably suitable for the generation of wideband supercontinuum spectrum. Numerical results reveal that the proposed PCF structure possesses a low dispersion of 0+-1.5 ps/(nm.km) in the wavelengths ranging from 1.134 to 1.805 \mum (approximately 700-nm bandwidth) with a confinement loss of less than 10?8 dB/km. In addition, a nonlinear coefficient greater than 11.47 (W.km)?1 and a dispersion slope of as low as 0.005694 ps/(nm2.km) are obtained at 1.55-μm wavelength. Moreover, a symmetric flat supercontinuum spectrum with a 10-dB bandwidth of 190 nm is achieved in a 3-m-long fiber, verifying the excellent optical features of the innovative PCF.