DocumentCode
2578593
Title
Emerging nonlinear optical fibers: Fabrication and access to new properties
Author
Monro, T.M. ; Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. ; Zhang, W.Q. ; Afshar, V. Shahraam
Author_Institution
Centre of Expertise in Photonics, Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
fYear
2009
fDate
12-14 Jan. 2009
Firstpage
241
Lastpage
242
Abstract
We review the properties and limitations of conventional and emerging nonlinear fibers. We describe advances in soft glass microstructured fibers, including fabrication, the demonstration of extreme nonlinearity and a generalisation of the underpinning nonlinear theory.
Keywords
nanowires; nonlinear optics; optical fibre fabrication; extreme nonlinearity; fiber fabrication; nanowire-scale cores; nonlinear optical fibers; soft glass microstructured fibers; Glass; Nanowires; Optical device fabrication; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Preforms; Silicon compounds;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, 2009
Conference_Location
Innsbruck
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2610-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-2611-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771747
Filename
4771747
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