Title :
Highly sensitive measurement of small optical nonlinearities by heterodyne-detected four-wave-mixing
Author :
Benkler, Erik ; Springhoff, Axel ; Telle, Harald R.
Author_Institution :
Phys.-Tech. Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
Abstract :
Small optical third-order nonlinearities of waveguides like hollow-core photonic crystal fibers are characterized using a femtosecond four-wave-mixing scheme. Possible perturbations arising from acoustical and optical phonons are suppressed by low-frequency operation.
Keywords :
heterodyne detection; high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; optical waveguides; femtosecond four wave mixing; heterodyne detected four wave mixing; low frequency operation; optical nonlinearity measurement; waveguide optical third order nonlinearity; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics; 060.2270 Fiber characterization; 190.4380 Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627630
