Title :
Demonstration of a low loss and ultra highly nonlinear AsSe suspended-core chalcogenide fiber
Author :
Nguyen, D.M. ; Le, S.D. ; Brilland, L. ; Coulombier, Q. ; Troles, J. ; Mechin, D. ; Chartier, T. ; Thual, M.
Author_Institution :
Lab. Foton, Univ. Europeenne de Bretagne (UEB), Lannion, France
Abstract :
We report a suspended-core chalcogenide fiber with a record Kerr nonlinearity of 31 300 W-1 km-1 and an attenuation of 4.6 dB/m. The dispersion, the effective area and the number of modes propagating in the fiber are investigated.
Keywords :
arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; holey fibres; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical glass; photonic crystals; AsSe; Kerr nonlinearity; attenuation loss; dispersion; effective area; low loss suspended-core chalcogenide fiber; nonlinear coefficient; suspended-core photonic crystal fiber; ultra highly nonlinear suspended-core chalcogenide fiber; Attenuation; Couplings; Glass; Loss measurement; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Photonic crystal fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621464
