Abstract

A novel dispersion controlling technique towards attaining tunable parametric amplification based on highly nonlinear photonic crystal fibers has been investigated. Selective infiltration of the liquid into the air-holes leads to alter the zero dispersion wavelength towards a broader parametric gain in the mid-IR spectrum by only changing the temperature of the system externally. The dispersion profile specially the zero dispersion wavelengths can be well tuned around the pumping wavelength, thereby generating several hundred nanometer parametric bandwidth in near-IR to mid-IR region. The tunability of the photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) can also be useful for generating new frequencies in both the red- and blue-shifted regions far from the pumping wavelength. Our numerical calculations reveal that we could achieve very wide band fiber optic parametric amplifier both in the communication wavelength and in the IR region. Also two different types of PCFs can be used to achieve same broadband wavelength spectra however with a tradeoff between the fiber lengths and pump power.

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