Investigation of star-shaped CS₂-core photonic crystal fiber design and high-coherent octave-spanning supercontinuum generation

Abstract

We propose a star-shaped photonic crystal fiber (PCF) structure with a carbon disulfide (CS₂) core, characterized by flat dispersion and elevated nonlinearity, aimed at facilitating high-coherence octave-spanning supercontinuum generation (SCG). The optical properties of the CS₂-core PCF were investigated through numerical simulations by varying structural parameters. Two optimized CS₂-core PCF structures were identified for achieving optimal bandwidth and high-coherence SCG. The first fiber, designated as #F₁, has a lattice spacing of Λ=1.8 µm pumping with a 100 fs input pulse at 1 554 nm and a power of 1 000 W, a flat octave-spanning SC extending from 1 113 nm to 2 357 nm can be generated. The second fiber, referred to as #F₂, has a lattice spacing of Λ=1.3 µm. By pumping with a 50 fs input pulse at 1 750 nm and 1 500 W, a highly coherent SC ranging from 1 225 nm to 2 350 nm can be generated. This research presents a new PCF design for generating high-coherence octave-spanning SC that can be applied in biosensing, spectroscopy, and other fields.

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