• DocumentCode
    3007861
  • Title

    High nonlinearity glass photonic crystal nanowires

  • Author

    Wolchover, N.A. ; Domachuk, P. ; Cronin-Golomb, M. ; Omenetto, F.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Tufts Univ., Medford
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present the tapering of photonic crystal fibers formed from SF6 glass to 400 nm core diameter. We generate supercontinuum in the tapers using pump pulse energies as low as 65 picojoules.
  • Keywords
    holey fibres; nanowires; optical fibre fabrication; optical glass; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; PCF tapering; nanowires; nonlinear SF6 glass; photonic crystal fiber; pump pulse energy; size 400 nm; supercontinuum generation; Crystalline materials; Glass; Nanowires; Optical pulse generation; Photonic crystal fibers; Photonic crystals; Physics; Silicon compounds; Sulfur hexafluoride; Supercontinuum generation;
  • 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.2007.4452757
  • Filename
    4452757