Title :
Polarization mode dispersion and vectorial modulational instability in air-silica microstructure fiber
Author :
Millot, G. ; Provino, L. ; Dudley, John M. ; Windeler, R.W.
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Phys., Bourgogne Univ., Dijon, France
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We describe experiments studying the polarization mode dispersion (PMD) of an air-silica microstructure fiber (ASMF), presenting results in excellent agreement with calculations using an hexagonal structure with a slightly elliptical core. We also report the first observation of vectorial modulational instability (MI) in an ASMF with MI sideband shifts in excellent agreement with predictions based on the calculated PMD.
Keywords :
air; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; silicon compounds; air-silica microstructure fiber; fiber polarization properties; hexagonal structure; modulational instability sideband shifts; polarization mode dispersion; slightly elliptical core; vectorial modulational instability; Birefringence; Character generation; Digital audio players; Frequency dependence; Gain measurement; Microstructure; Optical fiber polarization; Photonic crystal fibers; Polarization mode dispersion; Power measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033412
