Open AccessSilica-glass contribution to the effective nonlinearity of hollow-core photonic band-gap fibers
Author(s) -
Christopher J. Hensley,
Dimitre G. Ouzounov,
Alexander L. Gaeta,
Natesan Venkataraman,
Michael T. Gallagher,
Karl Köch
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.15.003507
Subject(s) - materials science , photonic crystal fiber , optics , core (optical fiber) , optical fiber , nanometre , nonlinear system , photonic bandgap , fiber , nonlinear optics , hard clad silica optical fiber , photonics , photonic crystal , optoelectronics , graded index fiber , composite material , fiber optic sensor , laser , physics , quantum mechanics
We measure the effective nonlinearity of various hollow-core photonic band-gap fibers. Our findings indicate that differences of tens of nanometers in the fiber structure result in significant changes to the power propagating in the silica glass and thus in the effective nonlinearity of the fiber. These results show that it is possible to engineer the nonlinear response of these fibers via small changes to the glass structure.