Observation of frequency tunable cross-phase modulation instabilities in highly birefringent photonic crystal fiber

Author

Tonello, A. ; Pitois, S. ; Wabnitz, S. ; Millot, G. ; Martynkien, T. ; Urbanczyk, W. ; Wojcik, J. ; Locatelli, A. ; Conforti, M. ; Angelis, C. De

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We observed frequency tunable modulation instability owing to cross-phase modulation in normal group velocity dispersion regime of a birefringent holey fiber. Sideband shifts were 3-8 THz for polarization and 30-60 THz for modal instabilities.

Keywords

birefringence; holey fibres; laser tuning; nonlinear optics; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; phase modulation; photonic crystals; birefringent holey fiber; cross-phase modulation; fiber polarization; frequency 3 THz to 8 THz; frequency 30 THz to 60 THz; frequency tunable modulation instability; modal instabilities; normal group velocity dispersion; sideband shifts; Birefringence; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency modulation; Holey fibers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Photonic crystal fibers; Polarization mode dispersion; Wavelength measurement; (190.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (230.3990) Microstructure devices;

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.2006.4629124

Filename

4629124