{"title":"The nonlinear wavenumber in supercontinuum generation","authors":"D. Austin, C. D. de Sterke, T. Brown, B. Eggleton","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519277","url":null,"abstract":"We derive a nonlinear wavenumber which describes dispersive wave phase-matching in supercontinuum generation more accurately than the current prescription based on fundamental solitons. The short wavelength peak is well located by this method.","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132742146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spectrum compression of a short pulse from a slit with a central obstruction in the far-field","authors":"Pin Han, Jhong-Sian Li, Hone-Ene Hwang","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519319","url":null,"abstract":"The spectrum change of a Gaussian pulse is studied when it is incident on a slit with central obstruction. It is shown that the central obstruction will cause diffracted spectrum compressed, compared with the slit without a central obstruction.","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132168305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Monitoring intensity-modulated data streams from a mach-zehnder modulator using a swept heterodyne spectrometer","authors":"R. Watts, S. Murdoch, J. Harvey","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519309","url":null,"abstract":"We have demonstrated a sensitive technique for monitoring bit patterns used in BER testing and OTDM packet switched networks. A highly-sensitive, ultra-high resolution spectrometer has been developed to monitor the bit patterns at 2.5 Gbit/s.","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115756060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Suppression of Raman shift in fibres near zero-dispersion piont","authors":"E. Tsoy, M. de Sterke","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519320","url":null,"abstract":"We study theoretically the interplay between the Raman effect and the third order dispersion (TOD) on soliton dynamics. We show that the Raman self-frequency shift can be suppressed by the negative TOD.","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"146 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124799484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Rosberg, D. Neshev, W. Krolikowski, Arnan Mitchell, R. Vicencio, Mario I. Molina, Y. Kivshar
{"title":"Surface gap solitons at fabricated photonic lattice interfaces","authors":"C. Rosberg, D. Neshev, W. Krolikowski, Arnan Mitchell, R. Vicencio, Mario I. Molina, Y. Kivshar","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519298","url":null,"abstract":"We generate surface gap solitons with staggered phase structure at the edge of a semi-infinite LiNbO3 waveguide array with defocusing nonlinearity. We characterize self- localization dynamics and identify the threshold power for soliton formation.","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114207695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selection of an appropriate laser wavelength for launching surface acoustic waves on tooth enamel","authors":"Hsiao-Chuan Wang, S. Law, S. Fleming, T. Huang","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519225","url":null,"abstract":"Spectrophotometric analysis of human enamel sections shows two near-IR wavelengths that are strongly absorbed and are potentially suitable for efficient generation of surface acoustic waves for dental non-destructive testing application.","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124302145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of power-efficient optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission methods","authors":"Arthur James Lowery, J. Armstrong","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519297","url":null,"abstract":"Two methods of generating modified optical OFDM signals that give improved receiver sensitivities over NRZ in unamplified and amplified systems are compared using simulations. Asymmetric-Clipped Optical OFDM can compensate intermodal dispersion. Carrier-Suppressed Optical- Single Sideband OFDM can compensate chromatic dispersion.","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116687296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adaptation algorithms for receiver based electronic dispersion equalization","authors":"X. Yi, F. Buchali, Wei Chen, W. Shieh","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519269","url":null,"abstract":"We compare three adaptation algorithms for receiver based analogue electronic dispersion equalizers. For the first time, the dithered linear search algorithm is demonstrated and compared to the other two algorithms by simulation and experiment.","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115177195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Theoretical scalability analysis of RF subcarrier multiplexing based virtual private networks over passive optical networks","authors":"N. Nadarajah, E. Wong, A. Nirmalathas","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519262","url":null,"abstract":"A theoretical scalability analysis for RF subcarrier multiplexing based virtual private networking capability over a passive optical network is carried out to identify the performance limits of the scheme.","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121733345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Progress in the fabrication of soft glass microstructured optical fibres with complex and new structures","authors":"H. Ebendorff‐Heidepriem, T. Monro","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519256","url":null,"abstract":"Progress in developing new classes of soft glass microstructured fibres will be presented. We report the extrusion of soft glass preforms having a large number (160+) of transverse features.","PeriodicalId":244615,"journal":{"name":"ACOFT/AOS 2006 - Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122330027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}