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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
