• DocumentCode
    2745798
  • Title

    Widely tunable soliton frequency shifting for mid-infrared applications

  • Author

    Al-kadry, Alaa ; Rochette, Martin

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    9-13 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    59
  • Lastpage
    60
  • Abstract
    A widely tunable wavelength converter based on the principle of soliton frequency shifting is proposed using non-uniform air-cladding As2Se3 microwires. The soliton dynamics are optimized analytically and numerically to reach mid-infrared wavelengths.
  • Keywords
    arsenic compounds; claddings; micro-optics; optical solitons; optical tuning; optical wavelength conversion; As2Se3; mid-infrared wavelength; nonuniform air-cladding microwires; soliton dynamics; tunable wavelength converter; widely tunable soliton frequency shifting; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber theory; Solitons; nonlinear optics; optical fiber; soliton pulse;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8940-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHO.2011.6110424
  • Filename
    6110424