• DocumentCode
    1686564
  • Title

    Multi-core, tapered fiber for nonlinear pulse reshaping

  • Author

    Hudson, Darren D. ; Büttner, Thomas ; Mägi, Eric C. ; Bedoya, Alvaro Casas ; Taunay, Thierry ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a new method to create a coupled waveguide array via tapering a multi-core telecommunications fiber. This device exhibits the novel physics associated with coupled waveguide arrays: Discrete self-focusing and nonlinear pulse chopping.
  • Keywords
    optical pulse shaping; optical self-focusing; optical waveguides; coupled waveguide array; discrete self-focusing; multicore tapered fiber; multicore telecommunications fiber; nonlinear pulse chopping; nonlinear pulse reshaping; Arrays; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326904