Dispersion Tailoring in Highly Non-linear Glass Nanofibers Chitrarekha Chaudhari, Takenobu Suzuki, and Yasutake Ohishi Center for

Advanced Photon Technology, Toyota Technological Institute, 2 !2 ! "isakata, Te#$aku, %agoya &'( ()!!, *APA% Phone+ ,(! )2 (-. !('2/ fa0+ ,(! )2 (-. !('./ e #ail+ chitra1toyota ti2ac23$ takenobu1toyota ti2ac23$ ohishi1toyota ti2ac23$ Abstract+ Tailoring the dis$ersion is re4uired for enhancing nu#erous nonlinear o$tical $rocesses such as four 5ave #i0ing, $ara#etric oscillation, 6a#an self fre4uency shifting and su$ercontinuu# generation2 The dis$ersion is controlled to a great e0tent by the use of the sub 5avelength dia#eter fiber 7S89:; structure, generally referred to as nanofiber structure2 9evelo$#ent of the nanofibers es$ecially in the longer 5avelength infrared 7I6; region is therefore i#$ortant for lo5 $o5er short interaction length non linear devices2 They $rovide large evanescent fields outside their $hysical boundaries, high non linearity, strong confine#ent, and lo5 loss cou$ling 5ith the o$tical fiber or fiber devices2 Silica fiber is #ost 5idely used in the o$tical fiber co##unication net5orks2 <ut it sho5s lo5 non linearity #aking it less co#$etitive for the non linear a$$lications2 The non silica glasses i2e2 <is#uth O0ide, Chalcogenide 7As 2S=;, and Tellurite glasses, have high linear refractive inde0 along 5ith nonlinear refractive inde0, high trans$erancy fro# near infrared to the #id infrared region, lo5 $hoton energy and higher rare earth solubility2 <ecause of these virtues, the non silica glasses are #ore attractive for the non linear a$$lications, short active fiber devices and novel devices for #id infrared laser trans#ission2 "ere, 5e calculate and co#$are the chro#atic dis$ersions in the Silica, <is#uth O0ide <ased, Chalcogenide 7As2S=;, and Tellurite nanofibers2 Such kind of co#$arison can be highly useful for selection of the best #aterial syste# for the s$ecific a$$lication2 :or each #aterial, the 5avelength de$endent $ro$agation constants of the nanofiber are obtained fro# the e0act solutions of the >a05ell?s e4uations, and fro# the $ro$agation constants the chro#atic dis$ersion is calculated2 8e tailor the dis$ersion around the co##unication 5avelength, !2) @# to a #ini#u# value by the $ro$er selection of the dia#eter of the nanofiber for all #aterials2 8e $resent the results for the air clad nanofibers for all the #aterials2 "o5ever, if 5e have a $ro$er choice of the cladding #aterial, the zero dis$ersion nanofiber and in so#e cases the flattened zero dis$ersion nanofiber can be designed2 8e $resent the results for the silicate clad chalcogenide nanofiber A!B for achieving the flattened zero dis$ersion at !2) @# 5avelength2 6eferences+ A!B Chitrarekha Chaudhari, Takenobu Suzuki, and Yasutake Ohishi, CDrou$ Eelocity 9is$ersion in Chalcogenide As2S= Dlass %anofibersF, sub#itted to Conference on Gasers and Hlectro O$tics 7CGHO; to be held during >ay & ., 2--( at San *ose, ISA2