Geração de supercontínuo em fibra óptica de cristal fotônico com núcleo de água

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Alexandre Bozolan dos
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações do Mackenzie
• Texto Completo: http://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/24396
• topic: fibra óptica; fibras de cristal fotônico; optical fibers; photonic crystal fibers; CNPQ::ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA ELETRICA

Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) are optical fibers whose core is surrounded by a regular matrix of holes that is responsible for light confinement and guidance. This new architecture opens new perspectives in the development of nonlinear applications, many of which are based upon the high efficiency with which nonlinearity-driven spectral broadening known supercontinuum generation is obtained in solid-core PCFs. Another asset of PCFs is that their structure can be filled with liquids or gases, which then efficiently interact with the guided light. The possibility of obtaining supercontinuum generation in a PCF whose core is filled with highly nonlinear liquids has been recently theoretically studied. The insertion of liquids in PCFs introduces a new degree of freedom with which the efficiency of nonlinear effects can be maximized. This dissertation describes experimental work, in which the generation of a supercontinuum spectrum is demonstrated in a PCF whose hollow core was selectively filled with distilled water. A maximum broadening of 503nm, measured at -20dB, was obtained with femtosecond pulse pumping at λ=976nm. The comparison with spectra obtained with a 800nm pump and with bulk samples demonstrate that both a low dispersion at the pump wavelength and pump guidance are crucial for the broad output spectrum obtained. Numerical simulations and analyses were also undertaken to complement the study.