• DocumentCode
    3005608
  • Title

    Optical limiting in solid-core photonic crystal fibers

  • Author

    Butler, James J. ; Sueoka, Stacey R. ; Montgomery, Steven R. ; Flom, Steven R. ; Pong, Richard G.S. ; Shirk, James S. ; Taunay, Thierry E. ; Wright, Barbara M. ; Hu, Jonathan ; Menyuk, Curtis R.

  • Author_Institution
    Pacific Univ., Forest Grove
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Optical limiting in solid-core photonic crystal fibers filled with reverse-saturable absorbers has been observed. A sharp change in limiting threshold was found for materials in the fiber holes with refractive indices near n = 1.44.
  • Keywords
    holey fibres; nonlinear optics; optical limiters; photonic crystals; fiber holes; optical limiting; reverse-saturable absorbers; solid-core photonic crystal fibers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control; Photonic crystal fibers; Refractive index; Solids;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452633
  • Filename
    4452633