• DocumentCode
    2008296
  • Title

    A simple tapered bismuth-based nonlinear optical fiber for low-loss coupling to single-mode silica fibers

  • Author

    Hasegawa, T. ; Nagashima, T. ; Sugimoto, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Asahi Glass Co., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Abstract
    Spot-size-converter for low loss coupling of Bi2O3-based nonlinear optical fiber is proposed. The tapered structure for mode-field expansion is constructed by a simple fabrication procedure. The experimental results show the improvement of the coupling efficiency.
  • Keywords
    bismuth compounds; nonlinear optics; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; Bi2O3; SiO2; coupling efficiency; low-loss coupling; mode-field expansion; single-mode silica fibers; spot-size-converter; tapered bismuth-based nonlinear optical fiber; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Optical wavelength conversion; Silicon compounds; Splicing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.215491
  • Filename
    1636522