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Nonlinear frequency conversion in a birefringent microstructured fiber tuned by externally applied hydrostatic pressure.
Karol TarnowskiWaclaw UrbanczykBertrand KiblerAlicja AnuszkiewiczJacek OlszewskiPawel Mergosubject
Materials scienceBirefringencebusiness.industryHydrostatic pressureScalar (mathematics)Physics::OpticsMicrostructured optical fiberAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsNonlinear systemOpticsFiber optic sensorGroup velocitybusinessPhotonic-crystal fiberdescription
We studied vector frequency conversion in externally tuned microstructured fibers for applications as a novel, nonlinear fiber-optic sensor. We investigated both experimentally and numerically a possibility of shifting vector and scalar modulation instability gain bands by pressure-induced changes in the linear properties of a microstructured fiber. Our results show that polarization-dependent vector nonlinear processes sensitive to variation of fiber group velocity difference (group birefringence) exhibit a clear advantage for pressure-sensing applications compared with scalar nonlinear processes only sensitive to group velocity dispersion changes. Analytical predictions and numerical simulations confirm our measurement results.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-12-11 | Optics letters |