Monro, T.Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H.Zhang, W.Afshar Vahid, S.2010-04-082010-04-082009IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 2009; 45(11):1357-13640018-91971558-1713http://hdl.handle.net/2440/57474©2009 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE. "This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. In most cases, these works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder."We review the properties of conventional and emerging nonlinear fibers. More specifically, we describe advances in soft glass microstructured fibers, including fabrication, the demonstration of extreme nonlinearity and a generalisation of the underpinning nonlinear theory.enKerr nonlinearitymicrostructured optical fibernanowiresoft glass.Journal article002009298310.1109/JQE.2009.20316000002710147000032-s2.0-7794976990637303Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. [0000-0002-4877-7770]