M. Peccianti, A. Pasquazi, Y. Park, B. Little, S. Chu, D. Moss, R. Morandotti
{"title":"Sub-ps laser modelocked dissipative soliton laser in a CMOS compatible integrated microring resonator","authors":"M. Peccianti, A. Pasquazi, Y. Park, B. Little, S. Chu, D. Moss, R. Morandotti","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929929","url":null,"abstract":"We present a dissipative four wave mixing tunable laser based on a integrated CMOS-compatible high-Q nonlinear ring resonator, emitting subpicosecond pulses at 200GHz-repetition rate. Quasi-sinusoidal 800GHz emission regime is also demonstrated.","PeriodicalId":338472,"journal":{"name":"35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127853247","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":"Astrophotonics: The next wave in observational cosmology","authors":"J. Bland-Hawthorne","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929887","url":null,"abstract":"Modern astronomy is on the verge of another revolution. The largest optical/infrared telescopes, with diameters up to 10m, are soon to be overtaken by 25-42m behemoths. The most compelling science goals are the detection of faint light from extrasolar planets in orbit around nearby stars and, at the other extreme, the detection of the first star-forming systems in the early universe which is the focus of this talk. The design and construction of the next generation of astronomical instruments presents us with a major challenge. The astronomical community must embrace new technological avenues, in particular, astrophotonics. I will show the PIMMS concept, a new approach to astronomical instruments which has application across many applied sciences. I will also feature a new instrument concept GNOSIS that will see first light in 2011.","PeriodicalId":338472,"journal":{"name":"35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128625573","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":"Polymer optical fiber Bragg grating sensors: Measuring acceleration","authors":"A. Stefani, W. Yuan, S. Andresen, O. Bang","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929947","url":null,"abstract":"Fiber-optical accelerometers based on polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings are reported. We have written fiber Bragg gratings for 1550 nm and 850 nm operations, characterized their temperature and strain response, and tested their performance in a prototype accelerometer.","PeriodicalId":338472,"journal":{"name":"35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology","volume":"262 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132391342","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":"Frequency doubling and sensing using poled fiber","authors":"S. Fleming, H. An, A. Michie, S. Min","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929906","url":null,"abstract":"Applications of poling induced second-order nonlinearity in silica optical fibres for electro-optic switching have been limited. Recent developments show good prospects for applications in frequency doubling and sensing.","PeriodicalId":338472,"journal":{"name":"35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126647142","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":"Fiber capacity limits: Information theory meets optical communication and fiber physics","authors":"R. Essiambre","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929905","url":null,"abstract":"Determining a fundamental limit to the rate of transmission of information in optical fibers, or fiber capacity, requires bringing together concepts of information theory, nonlinear dynamics and optical physics. An overview of an approach to estimate fiber capacity is presented.","PeriodicalId":338472,"journal":{"name":"35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126826600","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}
P. Jansz, G. Wild, S. Hinckley, Yimeng Yang, P. Duncan
{"title":"A comparison of grinding and electric discharge machining to fabricate a stepped mirror structure for a stationary optical delay line","authors":"P. Jansz, G. Wild, S. Hinckley, Yimeng Yang, P. Duncan","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929912","url":null,"abstract":"We compare methods to fabricate stepped mirror structures for use in stationary optical delay lines for optical fibre based OCT. The fabrication methods investigated include mechanical grinding, and electric discharge machining, combined with chemical polishing.","PeriodicalId":338472,"journal":{"name":"35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120963069","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}
K. Cook, W. Padden, J. Canning, S. Février, Bingxin Li
{"title":"Bragg gratings in the germanium-doped cladding rings of a Yb3+-doped solid bandgap fibre","authors":"K. Cook, W. Padden, J. Canning, S. Février, Bingxin Li","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929897","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate the inscription of Bragg gratings in the germanium-doped cladding rings of a large-mode-area, ytterbium-doped photonic-bandgap fibre. The gratings are inscribed in these doped rings that can support several modes, the refractive indices of which are derived from experiment and calculated theoretically.","PeriodicalId":338472,"journal":{"name":"35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125231417","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}
A. Minovich, A. Klein, N. Janunts, T. Pertsch, D. Neshev, Y. Kivshar
{"title":"Generation and near-field mapping of Airy plasmons","authors":"A. Minovich, A. Klein, N. Janunts, T. Pertsch, D. Neshev, Y. Kivshar","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929927","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929927","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate experimentally the generation of Airy plasmon beams by a diffraction grating fabricated in a gold film. We measure the near-field of the propagating Airy packet and observe the parabolic trajectory of the main lobe.","PeriodicalId":338472,"journal":{"name":"35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131419381","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}
R. Goto, R. J. Williams, N. Jovanovic, G. Marshall, S. Jackson, M. Withford
{"title":"Point-by-Point Bragg grating inscription into single-polarisation all-solid photonic bandgap fibre","authors":"R. Goto, R. J. Williams, N. Jovanovic, G. Marshall, S. Jackson, M. Withford","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929909","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate Point-by-Point Bragg grating inscription into the core of a single-polarisation all-solid photonic bandgap fibre. Grating strength of 7.5 dB (>;80% reflectivity) was realised at 1064 nm with linearly-polarised feedback.","PeriodicalId":338472,"journal":{"name":"35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121842607","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":"Optical fibre nanophotonics","authors":"J. Canning","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929894","url":null,"abstract":"Tailoring and structuring optical fibres to nanoscale dimensions is rapidly becoming a focus area of research and is important for the eventual success of future in-fibre optical systems and novel technologies. Here, I review one aspect of our work in establishing and pursuing this field: localizing light for sensing.","PeriodicalId":338472,"journal":{"name":"35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132627282","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}