Title :
Silica-based functional fibers with enhanced nonlinearity and their applications
Author :
Okuno, Toshiaki ; Onishi, Masashi ; Kashiwada, Tomonori ; Ishikawa, Shinji ; Nishimura, Masayuki
Author_Institution :
Yokohama Res. Lab., Sumitomo Electr. Ind. Ltd., Japan
Abstract :
Silica-based optical fibers are now being used in various applications which utilize nonlinear effects in fiber. In addition to enhancing nonlinearity of optical fibers, tailoring chromatic dispersion is one of the important design issues in such applications. Highly nonlinear dispersion-shifted fibers have been developed, and a very compact wavelength converter module has been demonstrated by using the fiber. Dispersion-flattened and dispersion-decreasing fibers have also been proved to be highly effective for supercontinuum generation
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical frequency conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; chromatic dispersion; compact wavelength converter module; design issues; dispersion-decreasing fibers; dispersion-flattened fibres; enhanced nonlinearity; enhancing nonlinearity; highly nonlinear dispersion-shifted fibers; nonlinear effects; optical fibers; silica-based functional fibers; supercontinuum generation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical pulse compression; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Optical wavelength conversion;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/2944.806765
