Title :
Towards zero dispersion highly nonlinear lead silicate glass holey fibres at 1550 nm by structured-element-stacking
Author :
Leong, J.Y.Y. ; Asimakis, S. ; Poletti, F. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Feng, X. ; Moore, R.C. ; Frampton, K.E. ; Monro, T.M. ; Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. ; Loh, W.H. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectronics Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
We report the fabrication of lead-silicate holey fibres with a high nonlinearity up to 414 W-1km-1 and low dispersion at 1550 nm using a new fabrication technique based on the stacking of extruded structured elements.
Keywords :
extrusion; lead compounds; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical glass; 1550 nm; lead silicate glass holey fibre; structured-element-stacking; zero dispersion highly nonlinear fibre;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1