Open AccessHigh Nonlinearity and Single-Mode Transmission in Tapered Multimode $\hbox{As}_{2}\hbox{Se}_{3}$
Author(s) -
Chams Baker,
Martin Rochette
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
ieee photonics journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1943-0655
pISSN - 1943-0647
DOI - 10.1109/jphot.2012.2202103
Subject(s) - engineered materials, dielectrics and plasmas , photonics and electrooptics
We demonstrate the fabrication and use of a 10-cm-long-PMMA microwire with ultrahigh waveguide nonlinearity γ= 176 W-1 m-1 that is fully compatible with standard single-mode silica fibers. The fabrication of this microtaper is simplified with respect to a previous approach as the core is made of a bulk cylinder rather than a single-mode step-index fiber. The successful operation of this nonlinear component is demonstrated with a Kerr-shutter switching experiment based on nonlinear polarization rotation.