Optical properties of photonic crystal fibers made from Ge23Sb7S70 chalcogenide

Van Hieu Le; Tham Tran Hong; Khanh To Gia; Tu Nguyen Ba; Thao Nguyen Thi; Dung Nguyen Thi; Bien Chu Van; Hue Thi Nguyen; An Nguyen Manh; Thuy Van Hoang

doi:10.15625/0868-3166/23058

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Van Hieu Le
Tham Tran Hong Department of Physics, Vinh University, 182 Le Duan, Vinh City, Vietnam https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7360-8778
Khanh To Gia Lam Son High School for the Gifted https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5553-1195
Tu Nguyen Ba Lam Son High School for the Gifted
Thao Nguyen Thi Faculty of Natural Sciences, Hong Duc University, 565 Quang Trung Street, Thanh Hoa City
Dung Nguyen Thi Faculty of Natural Sciences, Hong Duc University, 565 Quang Trung Street, Thanh Hoa City
Bien Chu Van Yersin Da Lat University, 27 Ton That Tung, Ward 8, Da Lat City, Vietnam
Hue Thi Nguyen Faculty of Natural Sciences, Hong Duc University, 565 Quang Trung Street, Thanh Hoa City
An Nguyen Manh Faculty of Engineering, Technology, and Communication, Hong Duc University, 565 Quang Trung Street, Thanh Hoa City, Vietnam
Thuy Van Hoang Department of Physics, Vinh University, 182 Le Duan, Vinh City, Vietnam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15625/0868-3166/23058

Keywords:

Photonic crystal fiber, chalcogenide, mid-infrared, dispersion characteristics

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) of Ge₂₃Sb₇S₇₀ chalcogenide with five air-hole rings arranged in a regular hexagonal lattice. Using simulations and numerical analyses, we investigated the influence of structural parameters on the optical properties of the PCF. The results show that controlling the lattice constant (Λ) and the filling factor (f = d/Λ) in the cladding allows precise tuning of the dispersion and confinement loss properties over a wide wavelength range. Furthermore, we propose two optimized structures, #F1 (Λ = 2.0 μm, f = 0.35) and # F2 (Λ = 3.0 μm, f = 0.35), which are designed to operate in the all-normal dispersion region and the anomalous dispersion region, respectively, making them promising candidates for super-continuum generation applications.

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