Ultra Highly Nonlinear AsSe Chalcogenide Holey Fiber for Nonlinear Applications

Conference: ECOC 2009 - 35th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/20/2009 - 09/24/2009 at Vienna, Austria

Proceedings: ECOC 2009

Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Nguyen, T. N.; Chartier, T.; Thual, M. (Laboratoire Foton, CNRS / Université de Rennes 1 (UMR 6082), Enssat, BP 80518, 22305 Lannion cedex, Laboratoire Foton, CNRS / Université de Rennes 1 (UMR 6082), Enssat, BP 80518, 22305 Lannion cedex, France)
Coulombier, Q.; Houizot, P.; Troles, J. (EVC, UMR CNRS 6226, Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, 35042, Rennes, France)
Brilland, L. (PERFOS, 11 rue Louis de Broglie, 22300 Lannion, France)
Smektala, F.; Fortier, C.; Fatome, J. (Institut Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 5209 CNRS-Université de Bourgogne, 9 Av Savary, 21078 Dijon, France)

Abstract:
We report the characterizations of an AsSe chalcogenide holey fiber including loss, dispersion, effective area and nonlinear coefficient. The fiber exhibits a record Kerr nonlinearity of 15000 W-1km-1, which allows great potential for nonlinear applications.