Title :
Demonstration of a second-order nonlinear silica fiber taper with self-assembled organic surface layers
Author :
Daengngam, C. ; Hofmann, M. ; Liu, Z. ; Wang, A. ; Xu, Y. ; Heflin, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
Abstract :
We present experimentally a novel technique to generate significant and thermodynamically stable second-order nonlinearity into a silica fiber taper by using nanoscale self-assembly of nonlinear molecules on a fiber surface.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical fibre fabrication; self-assembly; fiber surface; nanoscale self-assembly; nonlinear molecules; second-order nonlinear silica fiber taper; self-assembled organic surface layers; thermodynamically stable second-order nonlinearity; Coatings; Films; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Power harmonic filters; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
