Title :
A simple tapered bismuth-based nonlinear optical fiber for low-loss coupling to single-mode silica fibers
Author :
Hasegawa, T. ; Nagashima, T. ; Sugimoto, N.
Author_Institution :
Asahi Glass Co., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
Spot-size-converter for low loss coupling of Bi2O3-based nonlinear optical fiber is proposed. The tapered structure for mode-field expansion is constructed by a simple fabrication procedure. The experimental results show the improvement of the coupling efficiency.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; nonlinear optics; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; Bi2O3; SiO2; coupling efficiency; low-loss coupling; mode-field expansion; single-mode silica fibers; spot-size-converter; tapered bismuth-based nonlinear optical fiber; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Optical wavelength conversion; Silicon compounds; Splicing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215491