Enhanced Kerr Non-linearity in Sub-wavelength Diameter As2Se3 Chalcogenide Fibre Tapers
Conference: ECOC 2007 - 33rd European Conference and Exhibition of Optical Communication
09/16/2007 - 09/20/2007 at Berlin, Germany
Proceedings: ECOC 2007
Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Mgi, Eric C.; Fu, Libin; Yeom, Dong-Il; Nguyen, Hong C.; Eggleton, Benjamin J. (ARC CENTRE FOR ULTAHIGH-BANDWIDTH DEVICES FOR OPTICAL SYSTEMS (CUDOS), SCHOOL OF PHYSICS, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, NSW 2006, AUSTRALIA)
Abstract:
We experimentally demonstrate enhanced Kerr non-linear effects in tapered highly non-linear As2Se3 chalcogenide fibre with 1.2 µm waist diameter. We observe enhanced non-linearity of 68.4 W-1m-1, which is 45,000 times larger than standard silica single-mode fibre.