• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 59, Issue 3, 0323003 (2022)
Junming Chen and Xiaojie Guo*
Author Affiliations
  • Institute of Photonics Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou , Guangdong 511443, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP202259.0323003 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Junming Chen, Xiaojie Guo. Widely Tunable Mid-Infrared Spectral Translation in Chalcogenide Waveguide with Normal Dispersion[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(3): 0323003 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Mid-to-near-infrared spectral translation plays an important role in various applications in mid-infrared spectral range. However, the conversion efficiency and spectral tuning range were usually limited by the large frequency detuning between the pump and mid-infrared signal. In this work, a As2Se3 chalcogenide waveguide was proposed to fulfill phase matching condition in four-wave mixing with large pump-signal frequency detuning. The waveguide geometry was optimized through dispersion engineering to provide normal group velocity dispersion and negative fourth-order dispersion around 2 μm. The mid-to-near-infrared spectral translation with high efficiency and wide-band tunability was facilitated. By using a pump wavelength in the normal dispersion regime, the spectral translation and parametric amplification of mid-infrared signal ranging from 2.7 to 6.2 μm is obtained. The proposed waveguide has great potentials in high-sensitivity detection of mid-infrared signals and widely tunable mid-infrared generation.
    Δk=Δβ+ΔkNL=0
    Δββ2Δω2+112β4Δω4
    Δω12β2/β4=12β3ωp-ω0/β4
    n2(λ)-1=A0+n=1NAnλ2λ2-λn2
    βn=dnβdωn  (n=1,2,3,...)
    γ=2πn2λAeff
    Aeff=-|E(x,y)|2dxdy2-|E(x,y)|4dxdy
    η=γFWMPP/g2sinh2gLeff
    G=1+η
    Junming Chen, Xiaojie Guo. Widely Tunable Mid-Infrared Spectral Translation in Chalcogenide Waveguide with Normal Dispersion[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(3): 0323003
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