• DocumentCode
    500714
  • Title

    Nonlinear transmission of a tapered fiber in rubidium

  • Author

    Hendrickson, S.M. ; Pittman, T.B. ; Franson, J.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Dept., Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The transmission of a tapered fiber surrounded by rubidium vapor can be reduced by atoms accumulating on the fiber surface. We demonstrate that tapered fiber transmission can be controlled by power propagating in the waveguide.
  • Keywords
    optical fibres; self-phase modulation; control-probe modulation; nonlinear transmission; rubidium vapor; self-modulation; tapered fiber; waveguide; Atom optics; Detectors; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Physics; Probes; (060.2310) Fiber optics; (060.4080) Modulation; (240.6648) Surface dynamics; (300.6210) Spectroscopy, atomic;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5226130