Title :
Adiabatic coupling in tapered air-silica microstructured optical fiber
Author :
Chandalia, J.K. ; Eggleton, B.J. ; Windeler, R.S. ; Kosinski, S.G. ; Liu, X. ; Xu, C.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We study adiabatic mode propagation in tapered air-silica microstructured optical fibers and demonstrate efficient coupling into a robust high-delta microstructured optical fiber. As an application of this device, we exploit the widely flattened dispersion and enhanced peak intensity in the waist of the tapered microstructured fiber to generate tunable self-frequency shifting. Raman solitons over the communications window from 1.3 /spl mu/m to 1.65 /spl mu/m.
Keywords :
air; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical solitons; optical tuning; silicon compounds; 1.3 to 1.65 micron; SiO/sub 2/; adiabatic coupling; adiabatic mode propagation; communications window; coupling; enhanced peak intensity; high-delta microstructured optical fiber; tapered air-silica microstructured optical fiber; tapered microstructured fiber; tunable self-frequency shifting; tunable self-frequency shifting. Raman solitons; widely flattened dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical distortion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Photonic crystal fibers; Robustness;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-655-9
