Title :
Highly nonlinear and perfectly dispersion-flattened fibres for efficient optical signal processing applications
Author :
Okuno, T. ; Hirano, M. ; Kato, T. ; Shigematsu, M. ; Onishi, M.
Author_Institution :
Yokohama R&D Labs., Sumitomo Electr. Ind. Ltd., Yokohama, Japan
fDate :
6/26/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Highly nonlinear dispersion-flattened fibres with dispersion slope of 0.0002 ps/nm2/km and Aeff of 16.5 μm2 have successfully been fabricated. Quasi-tunable wavelength conversion and wideband supercontinuum generation with low input pulse power are demonstrated.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical information processing; optical wavelength conversion; dispersion slope; highly nonlinear fibres; input pulse power; optical signal processing applications; perfectly dispersion-flattened fibres; quasi-tunable wavelength conversion; wideband supercontinuum generation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030599