Title :
Soliton-self-frequency-shift effects and pulse compression in an anomalously dispersive high nonlinearity lead silicate holey fiber
Author :
Petropoulos, P. ; Monro, T.M. ; Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. ; Frampton, K. ; Moore, R.C. ; Rutt, H.N. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
We report the fabrication of a single-mode lead silicate glass holey fiber with anomalous dispersion and a record nonlinearity of γ=640 W-1km-1 at 1550nm. We report what we believe to be the first soliton and pulse compression experiments in this new class of fibers.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; lead compounds; nonlinear optics; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibres; optical glass; optical pulse compression; optical solitons; 1550 nm; PbSiO3; anomalous dispersion; fiber fabrication; lead silicate holey fiber; nonlinear optics; pulse compression; soliton-self-frequency-shift effect; Glass; Holey fibers; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical pulse compression; Pulse compression methods; Silicon compounds; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248584
