• DocumentCode
    2995881
  • Title

    Measurement of nonlinear phase shifts of a photonic crystal fiber using a polarization-division Sagnac interferometer

  • Author

    Matsuda, Nobuyuki ; Shimizu, Ryosuke ; Mitsumori, Yasuyoshi ; Kosaka, Hideo ; Edamatsu, Keiichi

  • Author_Institution
    Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan, e-mail: matsuda@quantum.riec.tohoku.ac.jp
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    24-28 Sept. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Characterization of small nonlinear phase shifts will be a key to the optical quantum information processing. We propose and demonstrate a novel technique to measure the nonlinear phase shifts in a waveguide-type Kerr medium.
  • Keywords
    Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Phase measurement; Photonic crystal fibers; Polarization; Probes; Sagnac interferometers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes, France
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801387
  • Filename
    4801387