Silica glass based nonlinear optical fibers

Ming-Jun Li; Shenping Li; Daniel A. Nolan

doi:10.1117/12.666983

28 January 2006 Silica glass based nonlinear optical fibers

Ming-Jun Li, Shenping Li, Daniel A. Nolan

Proceedings Volume 6025, ICO20: Optical Communication; 602503 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.666983
Event: ICO20:Optical Devices and Instruments, 2005, Changchun, China

Abstract

This paper reviews silica glass based nonlinear optical fiber designs for signal processing using optical Kerr effect. The requirements for designing nonlinear fibers are described first. Then the design concept is discussed and design examples are shown to illustrate the tradeoffs among the different fiber properties such as effective area, dispersion and attenuation. Furthermore, fiber designs with distributed Brillouin frequency shift to mitigate the effect of simulated Brillouin scattering in nonlinear fibers are discussed in detail. SBS threshold increase of 7 dB over conventional nonlinear fibers is experimentally demonstrated.

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Ming-Jun Li, Shenping Li, and Daniel A. Nolan "Silica glass based nonlinear optical fibers", Proc. SPIE 6025, ICO20: Optical Communication, 602503 (28 January 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.666983

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