Supercontinuum generation in a step-index chalcogenide fiber with AsSe2 core and As2S5 cladding

We demonstrate the supercontinuum (SC) generation in a chalcogenide step-index fiber with AsSe2 core and As2S5 cladding. The characteristics of fiber are analyzed using the full-vectorial mode solver technique. The fiber has two zero-dispersion wavelengths at 2898 and 5140 nm. The evolving of SC spectra with fiber length and pump wavelength is investigated experimentally. The maximum SC range covering one octave from 1550 to 3300 nm is obtained when the 20 cm long fiber is pumped by 2000 nm pulses in normal dispersion region. The fiber can push forward the nonlinear application based on the stimulated Raman effect, stimulated Brillouin effect, four-wave mixing, supercontinuum generation, and so on in the mid-infrared waveband. The SCs are simulated by the nonlinear Schrodinger equation. The simulated results agree well with the experiments.