Soliton-self-frequency-shift effects and pulse compression in an anomalously dispersive high nonlinearity lead silicate holey fiber
Date
2003
Authors
Petropoulos, P.
Monro, T.
Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H.
Frampton, K.
Moore, R.
Rutt, H.
Richardson, D.
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Conference paper
Citation
Optical fiber communcations Conference (OFC) : postconference digest / sponsored by IEEE/Communications Society, IEEE/Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, Optical Society of America: paper PD3, pp.1-3
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Conference on Optical fiber Communication (2003 : Atlanta, Ga.)
Abstract
We report the fabrication of a single-mode lead silicate glass holey fiber with anomalous dispersion and a record nonlinearity of /spl gamma/=640 W/sup -1/km/sup -1/ at 1550nm. We report what we believe to be the first soliton and pulse compression experiments in this new class of fibers.