Adiabatic coupling in tapered air-silica microstructured optical fiber

Author

Chandalia, J.K. ; Eggleton, B.J. ; Windeler, R.S. ; Kosinski, S.G. ; Liu, X. ; Xu, C.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

17-22 March 2001

Abstract

We study adiabatic mode propagation in tapered air-silica microstructured optical fibers and demonstrate efficient coupling into a robust high-delta microstructured optical fiber. As an application of this device, we exploit the widely flattened dispersion and enhanced peak intensity in the waist of the tapered microstructured fiber to generate tunable self-frequency shifting. Raman solitons over the communications window from 1.3 /spl mu/m to 1.65 /spl mu/m.

Keywords

air; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical solitons; optical tuning; silicon compounds; 1.3 to 1.65 micron; SiO/sub 2/; adiabatic coupling; adiabatic mode propagation; communications window; coupling; enhanced peak intensity; high-delta microstructured optical fiber; tapered air-silica microstructured optical fiber; tapered microstructured fiber; tunable self-frequency shifting; tunable self-frequency shifting. Raman solitons; widely flattened dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical distortion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Photonic crystal fibers; Robustness;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-655-9

Type

conf

Filename

927300