Title :
Bismuth-based optical fiber with nonlinear coefficient of 1360 W/sup -1/ km/sup -1/
Author :
Sugimoto, N. ; Nagashima, T. ; Hasegawa, T. ; Ohara, S.
Author_Institution :
Res. Center, Asahi Glass Co., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We developed a conventional step-index type highly nonlinear bismuth oxide-based glass fiber. This fiber exhibits high nonlinearity (/spl gamma/=1360 W/sup -1/ km/sup -1/) because of the high nonlinearity of the glass material and the small effective core area.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; glass fibres; nonlinear optics; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre fabrication; optical materials; signal processing; Bi/sub 2/O/sub 3/; conventional step-index type; core area; glass material; nonlinear bismuth oxide-based glass fiber; nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
