Low-threshold supercontinuum generation in dispersion engineered highly nonlinear chalcogenide fiber nanowires

Author

Dong-Il Yeom ; Magi, E.C. ; Lamont, Michael R. E. ; Libin Fu ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Phys., Sydney Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

2008

fDate

24-28 Feb. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We report fabrication of chalcogenide nanowires with tailored dispersion enabling low-threshold soliton fission leading to supercontinuum generation. Tapered sub-micron chalcogenide fiber exhibit record ultrahigh nonlinearity (γ ~ 54.1/W/m), over 50,000 times standard silica fiber, and anomalous dispersion.

Keywords

chalcogenide glasses; nanotechnology; nanowires; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical glass; optical solitons; supercontinuum generation; chalcogenide nanowire fabrication; dispersion engineering; low-threshold soliton fission; low-threshold supercontinuum generation; tapered sub-micron chalcogenide fiber; ultrahigh nonlinearity; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nanowires; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical solitons; Optical variables control; Silicon compounds; Supercontinuum generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-856-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2008.4528571

Filename

4528571