高非线性石英基光子晶体光纤产生宽带可调中红外孤子的实验研究

通过研究发现双包层结构能降低石英基光子晶体光纤损耗,并制备一种高非线性双包层结构石英基光子晶体光纤来进行实验研究.使用钛宝石飞秒激光器将实验室自制的石英基光子晶体光纤在反常色散区泵浦,研究不同的泵浦功率和泵浦波长对中红外超短脉冲孤子的影响,并分析了石英基高非线性光子晶体光纤中红外超短脉冲孤子产生的物理机理.结合实验发现在泵浦功率为827 nm,功率从0.1 W增加到0.42 W时,中红外第一个孤子随功率增加从1933 nm移动到2403 nm,可调范围达到470 nm,为石英基光子晶体光纤产生宽带可调超短脉冲源创造了很好的条件.     

High-sensitivity refractive index sensors based on fused tapered photonic crystal fiber

In this paper, a novel liquid refractive index (RI) sensor based on fused tapered photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is proposed. It is fabricated by fusing and tapering a section of PCF which is spliced with two single-mode fibers (SMFs). Due to the fused biconical taper method, the sensor becomes longer and thinner, to make the change of the outside RI has more direct effects on the internal optical field of the PCF, which finally enhances the sensitivity of this sensor. Experimental results show that the transmission spectra of the sensor are red-shifted obviously with the increase of RI. The longer the tapered region of the sensor, the higher the sensitivity is. This sensor has the advantages of simple structure, easy fabrication, high performance and so on, so it has potential applications in RI measurement.