Title :
Highly nonlinear and nearly zero-dispersion flattened octagonal photonic crystal fibers for medical applications
Author :
Kinjo, T. ; Namihira, Y. ; Arakaki, K. ; Razzak, S.M.A. ; Kaijage, S.F. ; Nozaki, S. ; Begum, F. ; Zou, N.
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng. & Sci., Univ. of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Japan
Abstract :
Highly nonlinear dispersion flattened octagonal photonic crystal fiber for supercontinuum generation are demonstrated. We first obtained nearly zero-dispersion-flat and high nonlinear coefficients at OCT band.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; holey fibres; optical fibre dispersion; optical tomography; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; OCT band; highly-nonlinear octagonal photonic crystal fiber; medical application; nonlinear coefficients; supercontinuum generation; zero-dispersion flattened fiber; Biomedical equipment; Decision support systems; Medical services; Photonic crystal fibers;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5213779
