Polarization mode dispersion and vectorial modulational instability in air-silica microstructure fiber

Author

Millot, G. ; Provino, L. ; Dudley, John M. ; Windeler, R.W.

Author_Institution

Lab. de Phys., Bourgogne Univ., Dijon, France

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Firstpage

45

Abstract

Summary form only given. We describe experiments studying the polarization mode dispersion (PMD) of an air-silica microstructure fiber (ASMF), presenting results in excellent agreement with calculations using an hexagonal structure with a slightly elliptical core. We also report the first observation of vectorial modulational instability (MI) in an ASMF with MI sideband shifts in excellent agreement with predictions based on the calculated PMD.

Keywords

air; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; silicon compounds; air-silica microstructure fiber; fiber polarization properties; hexagonal structure; modulational instability sideband shifts; polarization mode dispersion; slightly elliptical core; vectorial modulational instability; Birefringence; Character generation; Digital audio players; Frequency dependence; Gain measurement; Microstructure; Optical fiber polarization; Photonic crystal fibers; Polarization mode dispersion; Power measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033412

Filename

1033412