Temperature Dependence of the Zero Dispersion Wavelength in a Photonic Crystal Fiber

Author

Kudlinski, Alexandre ; Habert, Rémi ; Droques, Maxime ; Beck, Guillaume ; Bigot, Laurent ; Mussot, Arnaud

Author_Institution

Lab. PhLAM, Univ. Lille 1, Villeneuve d´´Ascq, France

Volume

24

Issue

6

fYear

2012

fDate

3/15/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

431

Lastpage

433

Abstract

We present here a measurement of the temperature dependence of the zero dispersion wavelength in an air/silica photonic crystal fiber. This is done through a simple method based on a fourth-order four-wave mixing process by pumping the fiber in a low normal dispersion regime. The zero dispersion wavelength is found to increase by about 10 nm from room temperature to 250°C. This result is in good agreement with numerical simulations which demonstrate that it is mainly due to the thermo-optic effect. We found that the zero-dispersion wavelength evolution is not linear with temperature and that the shift rate is continuously increased from 39 pm/°C at room temperature to 63 pm/°C at 250°C.

Keywords

holey fibres; multiwave mixing; optical fibre dispersion; optical pumping; photonic crystals; silicon compounds; thermo-optical effects; SiO₂; air-silica photonic crystal fiber; fourth-order four-wave mixing; numerical simulations; optical pumping; photonic crystal fiber; temperature 250 degC; temperature 293 K to 298 K; temperature dependence zero dispersion wavelength; thermo-optic effect; Dispersion; Electrooptic effects; Indexes; Nonlinear optics; Temperature dependence; Temperature measurement; Wavelength measurement; Four-wave mixing; photonic crystal fibers; zero dispersion wavelength;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2011.2180518

Filename

6109308