Title :
A lead silicate holey fiber with γ=1860 W-1km-1 at 1550 nm
Author :
Leong, Julie Y Y ; Petropoulos, Periklis ; Asimakis, Symeon ; Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike ; Moore, Roger C. ; Frampton, Ken ; Finazzi, Vittoria ; Feng, Xian ; Price, Jonathan H V ; Monro, Tanya M. ; Richardson, David J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
We report the fabrication of lead silicate holey fibers with record nonlinearities of up to 1860 W-1m-1 at 1.55 μm. Broadband supercontinuum generation is obtained in a dispersion optimized fiber variant at ∼100 pJ pulse energies for 1.06 μm pumping.
Keywords :
glass fibres; metallic glasses; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical pumping; supercontinuum generation; 1.06 micron; 1550 nm; PbSiO4; broadband supercontinuum generation; dispersion optimized fiber; fiber design; fiber fabrication; lead silicate holey fiber; nonlinearities; optical fiber technology; pumping; Design optimization; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Hafnium; Holey fibers; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Preforms; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.193200
