Title :
Record nonlinearity in optical fibre
Author :
Zhang, W.Q. ; Afshar, V. Shahraam ; Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike ; Monro, Tanya M.
Author_Institution :
Centre of Expertise in Photonics, Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
Abstract :
A record effective fibre nonlinearity of 5400 W-1 km-1 at 1550 nm has been measured in a non-tapered bismuth microstructured optical fibre. This extremely high nonlinearity has been achieved by fabricating a fibre with a suspended-nanowire structure with a core diameter of only 530 nm. The nonlinear phase shift is measured using the dual-frequency self-phase modulation method. This result demonstrates the potential of this emerging class of fibres for use in compact nonlinear devices.
Keywords :
frequency modulation; nonlinear optics; optical fibres; optical modulation; self-phase modulation; compact nonlinear devices; dual-frequency self-phase modulation method; nonlinear phase shift; nontapered bismuth microstructured optical fibre; optical fibre nonlinearity; size 530 nm; suspended-nanowire structure;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20083094
