Title :
Specialty optical fibre for stabilising and enhancing electro-optic effect induced by poling
Author :
Xu, Wei ; Blazkiewicz, P. ; Wong, D. ; Fleming, S. ; Ryan, T.
Author_Institution :
Australian Photonics Corp. Res. Center, Sydney Univ., NSW, Australia
fDate :
7/20/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A special fibre has been demonstrated that increases the lifetime of the electro-optic coefficient induced by poling. Furthermore, a higher increase in χ(3) was observed with UV-poling (~3.4 times) than thermal poling (~2 times)
Keywords :
dielectric polarisation; electro-optical devices; electro-optical effects; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical design techniques; optical fibres; optical glass; χ(3); UV-poling; electro-optic coefficient; electro-optic effect; lifetime; poling; specialty optical fibre; thermal poling;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20000967
