Title : 
Improvement of the transmission of chalcogenide photonic crystal fibres: Observation of self phase modulation spectral broadening
         
        
            Author : 
Brilland, L. ; Houizot, P. ; Troles, J. ; Désévédavy, F. ; Coulombier, Q. ; Nguyen, T.N. ; Chartier, T.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
PERFOS, Lannion
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We present a chalcogenide photonic crystal fibre design with a lowest attenuation of 3 dB/m at 1,55 mum. We observe, for the first time, self phase modulation spectral broadening.
         
        
            Keywords : 
antimony compounds; chalcogenide glasses; germanium compounds; holey fibres; optical modulation; photonic crystals; spectral line broadening; Ge15Sb20S65; attenuation; chalcogenide photonic crystal fibres; self phase modulation; spectral broadening; transmission; wavelength 1.55 mum; Attenuation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical refraction; Phase modulation; Photonic crystal fibers; Silicon compounds; Temperature;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Brussels
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2227-2
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2228-9
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729399