• DocumentCode
    2234768
  • Title

    Low-energy threshold supercontinuum generated in highly nonlinear As2Se3 chalcogenide submicron tapers

  • Author

    Yeom, Dong-Il ; Magi, Eric C. ; Lamont, Michael R E ; Roelens, Michael A F ; Fu, Libin ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.

  • Author_Institution
    ARC Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Sydney Univ., Sydney, NSW
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We fabricate sub-micron chalcogenide fiber tapers exhibiting ultra-high nonlinearity up to gamma~93 AV/m. This high nonlinearity, with combination of tailored anomalous dispersion, enables low-energy threshold soliton fission leading to supercontinuum generation.
  • Keywords
    arsenic compounds; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical solitons; supercontinuum generation; As2Se3; As2Se3 chalcogenide submicron tapers; anomalous dispersion; soliton fission; supercontinuum generation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical refraction; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Supercontinuum generation; Wire; (060.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (320.6629) Supercontinuum generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4571398