• DocumentCode
    2943644
  • Title

    Electrostrictive nonlinearity of optical fiber

  • Author

    Buckland, Eric L. ; Boyd, Robert W.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Opt., Rochester Univ., NY, USA
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    25 Feb.-1 March 1996
  • Firstpage
    224
  • Lastpage
    225
  • Abstract
    Analysis of the nonlinear refractive index of optical fibers continues to draw considerable attention. We show that electrostriction has a more general influence on the nonlinear optical response of fibers; in particular we show that electrostriction can contribute an additional 15% above the nonresonant electronic nonlinearity. The influence of electrostriction is confirmed by examining the results of recent XPM experiments which use a harmonically modulated CW pump.
  • Keywords
    electrostriction; nonlinear optics; optical fibres; optical modulation; refractive index; XPM experiments; electrostriction; electrostrictive nonlinearity; harmonically modulated CW pump; nonlinear optical response; nonlinear refractive index; nonresonant electronic nonlinearity; optical fiber; Acoustic pulses; Electrostriction; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency response; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical solitons; Refractive index; Space vector pulse width modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications, 1996. OFC '96
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-422-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.1996.908244
  • Filename
    908244