Search results for "Photonic crystal fibre"

Supercontinuum generation with 532 nm quasi-continuum pulses in photonic crystal fibre tapers

2007

We report experimental results on supercontinuum generation in PCF tapers using quasi-continuous pump pulses of 7 ns duration at 532 nm. SC generation in normal and anomalous dispersion regimes are presented. Introduction Supercontinuum generation (SC) in photonic crystal fibres (PCF), fibre tapers, and PCF tapers has been demonstrated in the past with pump pulses of fs, ps, and tenths of ns duration [1-2]. Here, we present experimental results on SC generation in PCF tapers using quasi-continuous pump pulses of 7 ns duration at 532 nm. Fabrication of the PCF tapers The PCF from which the tapers were made, was a large-air-hole PCF ("cobweb" PCF) with two rings of air holes around a solid si…

Group birefringence cancellation in highly birefringent photonic crystal fibre at telecommunication wavelengths

2010

International audience; The spectral dependence of the group modal birefringence in a highly birefringent nonlinear photonic crystal fibre is studied both numerically and experimentally. The sign inversion and the cancellation of the group modal birefringence in the telecommunication window is demonstrated. Two simple experimental techniques are used to evaluate the wavelength of zero polarisation mode dispersion. The experimental results are in excellent agreement with numerical calculations based on vectorial beam propagation method simulations.

Designing a photonic crystal fibre with flattened chromatic dispersion

1999

Using a full-vector modal method, the authors have identified a region of nearly zero flattened chromatic dispersion in a specially designed photonic crystal fibre. The approach permits an accurate control of the dispersion features of these fibres in terms of their structural parameters.

Dispersion properties and spatial solitons in photonic crystal fibres

2005

Tapering photonic crystal fibres for supercontinuum generation with nanosecond pulses at 532nm

2008

Experimental results on supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibre tapers using pump pulses of 7 ns duration at 532 nm are presented. Photonic crystal fibre tapers with the first wavelength of zero dispersion around 532 nm were fabricated. The generation of supercontinuum was investigated in normal and anomalous dispersion regimes. Supercontinuum spectra spanning more than 400 nm in the visible region are reported.

Recent developments in chalcogenide photonic crystal fibres

2011

Elaboration of low-losses highly non linear chalcogenide optical fibers for the generation of efficient non linear effects in the infrared remains a challenge. In recent years, much work has been devoted to the study of microstructured optical fibers (MOFs) with different designs and various elaboration processes. Their background losses were typically of several dB/m.

Impact of structural irregularities on high-bite-rate pulse compression techniques in photonics crystal fibre

2008

International audience; The impact of structural irregularities on high bit rate pulse compression techniques is evaluated in photonic crystal fibre. Specifically, more robust pulse compression to longitudinal fluctuations in the normal dispersion regime is reported. The physical limits of these pulse compression techniques in the presence of dispersion fluctuations are identified and the fact that state-of-the-art fabrication tolerances are sufficient for future experimental applications is confirmed.