Title :
Highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber with zero-dispersion at 1.55 μm
Author :
Hansen, Kim P. ; Jensen, Jacob Riis ; Jacobsen, Christian ; Simonsen, Harald R. ; Broeng, Jes ; Skovgaard, Peter M W ; Petersson, Anders
Author_Institution :
Crystal Fibre A/S, Denmark
Abstract :
We demonstrate, for the first time, a highly nonlinear polarization maintaining photonic crystal fiber with zero dispersion at 1.55 μm, nonlinear coefficient of 20 (Wkm)-1 and splice loss to standard technology fiber of 0.3 dB.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; photonic crystals; 0.3 dB; 1.55 micron; highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber; highly nonlinear polarization maintaining photonic crystal fiber; nonlinear coefficient; splice loss; standard technology fiber; zero-dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Jacobian matrices; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse compression; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonic crystal fibers; Telecommunications;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-701-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2002.1036758
