ISSN:
1572-817X
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
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Physics
Notes:
Abstract We investigated the design features of adiabatic, weakly guiding optical fibre tapers for nonlinear device applications. In general, where the fibre taper ‘core’ and ‘cladding’ are of different material nonlinearities, the nonlinear effects that can be achieved depend critically on the taper parameters. For optical switches a suitable choice of taper parameters minimizes the power × length product for nonlinear operation. The maximum effective utilization of the nonlinear cladding material was found to be 21.3%. Also, nonlinear effects can be totally suppressed with an appropriate choice of design, enabling nonlinear effects that are undesirable in some applications to be avoided.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00619986
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