• DocumentCode
    1503694
  • Title

    Emerging Nonlinear Optical Fibers: Revised Fundamentals, Fabrication and Access to Extreme Nonlinearity

  • Author

    Monro, Tanya M. ; Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike ; Zhang, Wen Qi ; Vahid, Shahraam Afshar

  • Author_Institution
    Centre of Expertise in Photonics, Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    1357
  • Lastpage
    1364
  • Abstract
    We review the properties of conventional and emerging nonlinear fibers. More specifically, we describe advances in soft glass microstructured fibers, including fabrication, the demonstration of extreme nonlinearity and a generalisation of the underpinning nonlinear theory.
  • Keywords
    crystal microstructure; nonlinear optics; optical fibre theory; extreme nonlinearity; nonlinear optical fibers; soft glass microstructured fibers; underpinning nonlinear theory; Glass; Optical device fabrication; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Photonic crystal fibers; Silicon compounds; Ultraviolet sources; Kerr nonlinearity; microstructured optical fiber; nanowire; soft glass;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.2009.2031600
  • Filename
    5290267