Chalcogenide Microstructured Fibers for Infrared Systems, Elaboration, Modelization, and Characterization

Johann Troles (1) , Laurent Brilland (2) , Frédéric Smektala (3) , Patrick Houizot (1) , Frédéric Désévédavy (1) , Quentin Coulombier (1) , N. Traynor (2) , Thierry Chartier (4) , Thanh Nam Nguyen (4) , Jean-Luc Adam (1) , Gilles Renversez (5)

1 ISCR - Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes
2 PERFOS - Plate-Forme d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Fibres Optiques Spéciales
3 ICB - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne
4 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
5 ATHENA - ATHENA

Chalcogenide fibers present numerous possible applications in the IR field. For many applications, single mode fibers must be obtained. An original way is the realization of microstructured optical fibers (MOFs) with solid core. These fibers present a broad range of optical properties thanks to the high number of freedom degrees of their geometrical structure. In this context, we have developed MOFs for near and mid IR transmission with different geometries and properties such as multimode or endless single-mode operation, small or large mode area fibers. We have also investigated numerically the main linear properties of such MOFs.

Mots clés: chalcogenide glass; fiber drawing; infrared glasses; microstructured fibers; nonlinear materials; single-mode fiber; modeling

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Johann Troles, Laurent Brilland, Frédéric Smektala, Patrick Houizot, Frédéric Désévédavy, et al.. Chalcogenide Microstructured Fibers for Infrared Systems, Elaboration, Modelization, and Characterization. Fiber and Integrated Optics, 2009, 28 (1), pp.11-26. ⟨10.1080/01468030802272500⟩. ⟨hal-00397983⟩