• DocumentCode
    1649323
  • Title

    A lead silicate holey fiber with γ=1860 W-1km-1 at 1550 nm

  • Author

    Leong, Julie Y Y ; Petropoulos, Periklis ; Asimakis, Symeon ; Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike ; Moore, Roger C. ; Frampton, Ken ; Finazzi, Vittoria ; Feng, Xian ; Price, Jonathan H V ; Monro, Tanya M. ; Richardson, David J.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
  • Volume
    6
  • fYear
    2005
  • Abstract
    We report the fabrication of lead silicate holey fibers with record nonlinearities of up to 1860 W-1m-1 at 1.55 μm. Broadband supercontinuum generation is obtained in a dispersion optimized fiber variant at ∼100 pJ pulse energies for 1.06 μm pumping.
  • Keywords
    glass fibres; metallic glasses; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical pumping; supercontinuum generation; 1.06 micron; 1550 nm; PbSiO4; broadband supercontinuum generation; dispersion optimized fiber; fiber design; fiber fabrication; lead silicate holey fiber; nonlinearities; optical fiber technology; pumping; Design optimization; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Hafnium; Holey fibers; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Preforms; Supercontinuum generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-783-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2005.193200
  • Filename
    1493021