Record nonlinearity in optical fibre
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2008
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Zhang, W.
Afshar Vahid, S.
Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H.
Monro, T.
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Electronics Letters, 2008; 44(25):1453-1455
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W.Q. Zhang, S. Afshar V., H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem and T.M. Monro
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Abstract
A record effective fibre nonlinearity of 5400W<sup>-1</sup>km<sup>-1</sup> at 1550nm has been measured in a non-tapered bismuth microstructured optical fibre. This extremely high nonlinearity has been achieved by fabricating a fibre with a suspended-nanowire structure with a core diameter of only 530nm. The nonlinear phase shift is measured using the dual-frequency self-phase modulation method. This result demonstrates the potential of this emerging class of fibres for use in compact nonlinear devices. © 2008 The Institution of Engineering and Technology.