• DocumentCode
    2261875
  • Title

    Demonstration of a second-order nonlinear silica fiber taper with self-assembled organic surface layers

  • Author

    Daengngam, C. ; Hofmann, M. ; Liu, Z. ; Wang, A. ; Xu, Y. ; Heflin, J.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present experimentally a novel technique to generate significant and thermodynamically stable second-order nonlinearity into a silica fiber taper by using nanoscale self-assembly of nonlinear molecules on a fiber surface.
  • Keywords
    nonlinear optics; optical fibre fabrication; self-assembly; fiber surface; nanoscale self-assembly; nonlinear molecules; second-order nonlinear silica fiber taper; self-assembled organic surface layers; thermodynamically stable second-order nonlinearity; Coatings; Films; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Power harmonic filters; Silicon compounds;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951536