First Demonstration of Thermal Poling In Holey Fibres

Faccio, D. , Busacca, A., Pruneri, V., Kazansky, P.G., Monro, T.M., Belardi, W., Richardson, D.J., Grappe, B., Cooper, M. and Pannell, C.N. (2001) First Demonstration of Thermal Poling In Holey Fibres. In: Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2001, Baltimore Convention Center. Baltimore, U.S., 11 May 2001, pp. 78-79. ISBN 155752663X (doi: 10.1109/QELS.2001.961880)

Abstract

Summary form only given. Holey fibres (HF), also commonly known as photonic crystal fibres, offer exciting new possibilities for the development of single material waveguides with unique properties. Many of these properties are relevant to nonlinear applications. To date the main focus has been on third-order χ(3) nonlinear effects, however many of these novel properties are also of great relevance to χ(2) based phenomena. For example our calculations show that endlessly single mode HF designs allow the overlap between interacting modes at widely different wavelengths to be optimised and can be used to improve second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiencies relative to conventional poled fibres. Moreover the greater flexibility for broadband waveguide-dispersion control can also be used to significantly increase the associated phase-matching bandwidth. Despite these attractions it has been an open question to date as to whether thermal poling, which relies upon ionic migration, could be applied to such complex air:glass structures; we demonstrate that it can be.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Additional Information: Published in: Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. Postconference Technical Digest (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37172).
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Faccio, Professor Daniele
• Authors: Faccio, D., Busacca, A., Pruneri, V., Kazansky, P.G., Monro, T.M., Belardi, W., Richardson, D.J., Grappe, B., Cooper, M., and Pannell, C.N.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
• ISBN: 155752663X