• DocumentCode
    1429846
  • Title

    Demonstration of thermal poling in holey fibres

  • Author

    Faccio, D. ; Busacca, A. ; Belardi, W. ; Pruneri, V. ; Kazansky, P.G. ; Monro, T.M. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Grappe, B. ; Cooper, M. ; Pannell, C.N.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
  • Volume
    37
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    1/18/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    107
  • Lastpage
    108
  • Abstract
    A second-order nonlinearity is induced for the first time in a holey fibre by thermal poling. Non-phase matched second harmonic generation with a ~10-8/W conversion efficiency is observed and the electro-optic coefficient is measured to be ~0.02 pm/V
  • Keywords
    dielectric polarisation; electro-optical effects; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical fibres; optical harmonic generation; conversion efficiency; electro-optic coefficient; holey fibre; holey fibres; nonphase matched second harmonic generation; second-order nonlinearity; thermal poling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20010089
  • Filename
    898287