• DocumentCode
    2861556
  • Title

    Highly sensitive measurement of small optical nonlinearities by heterodyne-detected four-wave-mixing

  • Author

    Benkler, Erik ; Springhoff, Axel ; Telle, Harald R.

  • Author_Institution
    Phys.-Tech. Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Small optical third-order nonlinearities of waveguides like hollow-core photonic crystal fibers are characterized using a femtosecond four-wave-mixing scheme. Possible perturbations arising from acoustical and optical phonons are suppressed by low-frequency operation.
  • Keywords
    heterodyne detection; high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; optical waveguides; femtosecond four wave mixing; heterodyne detected four wave mixing; low frequency operation; optical nonlinearity measurement; waveguide optical third order nonlinearity; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics; 060.2270 Fiber characterization; 190.4380 Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627630
  • Filename
    4627630