Title :
A highly nonlinear holey fiber and its application in a regenerative optical switch
Author :
Petropoulos, P. ; Monro, T.M. ; Belardi, W. ; Furusawa, K. ; Lee, J.H. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
We report the fabrication of a highly nonlinear, polarization-maintaining, silica holey fiber with an effective area of /spl sim/2.5 /spl mu/m/sup 2/ at 1550 nm. Nonlinear switching is demonstrated in a 3.3 m long regenerative switch based on SPM with appropriate band pass filtering.
Keywords :
band-pass filters; optical fibre communication; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre filters; optical fibre polarisation; optical switches; self-phase modulation; silicon compounds; 1550 nm; SiO/sub 2/; band pass; effective area; fabrication; highly nonlinear holey fiber; highly nonlinear polarization-maintaining silica holey fiber; nonlinear switching; polarization-maintaining fiber; regenerative optical switch; regenerative switch; self-phase modulation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Hafnium; Holey fibers; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical switches; Repeaters; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-655-9
