Chalcogenide suspended-core fibers: Manufacturing and non-linear properties at 1. 55 µm

Author

Troles, J. ; Brilland, L. ; Toupin, P. ; Coulombier, Q. ; Le, S.D. ; Nguyen, D.M. ; Thual, M. ; Chartier, T. ; Renversez, G. ; Mechin, D. ; Adam, J.L.

Author_Institution

Equipe Verres et Ceramiques, Univ. de Rennes I, Rennes, France

fYear

2011

fDate

26-30 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Chalcogenide glasses are known for their high non-linear optical properties (100 - 1000 times as high as the non linearity of silica glass). To enhance the non-linear properties, As-Se suspended-core fibers were manufactured. First, high-purity glasses were elaborated and moulded to obtain high-quality preforms. After drawing, the diameter of the suspended core can be less than 2 μm, which corresponds to a non-linear parameter γ of nearly 30 000 W^-1·km^-1. Self-phase modulation, four-wave mixing and Raman effects can be observed and studied in those fibers at the telecom wavelengths.

Keywords

arsenic; chalcogenide glasses; holey fibres; multiwave mixing; selenium; self-phase modulation; As-Se; Raman effects; chalcogenide glasses; chalcogenide suspended-core fibers; four-wave mixing; high-purity glasses; nonlinear optical properties; nonlinear parameter; self-phase modulation; silica glass; telecom wavelengths; wavelength 1.55 mum; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Silicon compounds; Microstructured optical fibers; chalcogenide glasses; non linear properties;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2011 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Stockholm

ISSN

2161-2056

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0881-7

Electronic_ISBN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2011.5971093

Filename

5971093