Demonstration of a low loss and ultra highly nonlinear AsSe suspended-core chalcogenide fiber

Duc Minh Nguyen (1) , Sy Dat Le (1) , Laurent Brilland (2, 3) , Quentin Coulombier (3) , Johann Troles (3) , David Méchin (2) , Thierry Chartier (1) , Monique Thual (1)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
2 PERFOS - Plate-Forme d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Fibres Optiques Spéciales
3 ISCR - Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes

We report a suspended-core chalcogenide fiber with a record Kerr nonlinearity of 31 300 W-1km-1 and an attenuation of 4.6 dB/m. The dispersion, the effective area and the number of modes propagating in the fiber are investigated.

Domaines: Optique / photonique

Duc Minh Nguyen, Sy Dat Le, Laurent Brilland, Quentin Coulombier, Johann Troles, et al.. Demonstration of a low loss and ultra highly nonlinear AsSe suspended-core chalcogenide fiber. 36th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2010), Sep 2010, Torino, Italy. pp.Tu.4.D.6, ⟨10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621464⟩. ⟨hal-00586682⟩