Poletti, F.Furusawa, K.Yusoff, Z.Petropoulos, P.Broderick, N.Monro, T.Richardson, D.2008-03-242008-03-2420062006 Optical Fiber Communication Conference/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference : technical digest : March 5-10, 2006, Anaheim, California : OFC/NFOEC 2006 / sponsored by IEEE/ComSoc, Communications Society, IEEE/LEOS, Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, Optical Society of America: 3 p.1557528039978-1-55752-803-2http://hdl.handle.net/2440/41250Copyright © 2006 IEEEWe consider longitudinal variation in the fiber structure as a method of increasing the Brillouin linewidth and threshold within high nonlinearity silica holey fibers. Strategies to control the associated variation in nonlinearity and dispersion along the fiber length are described.enConference paper00200763552008031914531710.1109/ofc.2006.2154940002596026001502-s2.0-3384535370344968