• DocumentCode
    399207
  • Title

    Soliton-self-frequency-shift effects and pulse compression in an anomalously dispersive high nonlinearity lead silicate holey fiber

  • Author

    Petropoulos, P. ; Monro, T.M. ; Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. ; Frampton, K. ; Moore, R.C. ; Rutt, H.N. ; Richardson, D.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    23-28 March 2003
  • Abstract
    We report the fabrication of a single-mode lead silicate glass holey fiber with anomalous dispersion and a record nonlinearity of γ=640 W-1km-1 at 1550nm. We report what we believe to be the first soliton and pulse compression experiments in this new class of fibers.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; lead compounds; nonlinear optics; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibres; optical glass; optical pulse compression; optical solitons; 1550 nm; PbSiO3; anomalous dispersion; fiber fabrication; lead silicate holey fiber; nonlinear optics; pulse compression; soliton-self-frequency-shift effect; Glass; Holey fibers; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical pulse compression; Pulse compression methods; Silicon compounds; Solitons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-746-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2003.1248584
  • Filename
    1248584