F. V. Englich, E. Schartner, D. Murphy, H. Ebendorff‐Heidepriem, T. Monro
{"title":"Fusion splicing soft-glass suspended core fibers to solid silica fibers for optical fiber sensing","authors":"F. V. Englich, E. Schartner, D. Murphy, H. Ebendorff‐Heidepriem, T. Monro","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929904","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929904","url":null,"abstract":"We report fusion splicing of soft-glass suspended small-core fibers to conventional silica single-mode fibers for integration with conventional fiber systems. Heat-induced damage to the microstructured fiber region is minimized by using a low-power iridium filament.","PeriodicalId":338472,"journal":{"name":"35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology","volume":"22 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":"126826615","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}
F. Setzpfandt, A. Sukhorukov, D. Neshev, R. Schiek, Y. Kivshar, T. Pertsch
{"title":"Phase transitions of nonlinear waves in lithium niobate waveguide arrays","authors":"F. Setzpfandt, A. Sukhorukov, D. Neshev, R. Schiek, Y. Kivshar, T. Pertsch","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929950","url":null,"abstract":"We study two-color parametric nonlinear modes in waveguide arrays with quadratic nonlinear response. We predict theoretically and observe experimentally a new type of phase transition in nonlinear lattices accompanied by an abrupt power-controlled change of the staggered mode structure due to an interplay of localization and synchronization in para-metrically driven discrete systems.","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":"121606191","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":"Design of a fluid-infiltrated planar polymer integrated optic refractive index sensor","authors":"E. Zeller, T. Nguyen, A. Mitchell","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929961","url":null,"abstract":"We report a novel design of a planar polymer integrated refractive index sensor based on an asymmetric fluid-infiltrated coupler architecture. Modal and beam propagation analysis revealed a sensitivity comparable to the most sensitive fibre-based concepts.","PeriodicalId":338472,"journal":{"name":"35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology","volume":"4 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":"115174622","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}
G. Town, G. Manili, D. Modotto, C. de Angelis, S. Wabnitz, U. Minoni, A. Tonello, V. Couderc, P. Leproux
{"title":"Optical continuum generation seeded by stimulated Raman scattering","authors":"G. Town, G. Manili, D. Modotto, C. de Angelis, S. Wabnitz, U. Minoni, A. Tonello, V. Couderc, P. Leproux","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929953","url":null,"abstract":"An optical continuum was generated in microstructured optical fibre using an incoherent pump generated by stimulated Raman scattering in a step index fibre with normal dispersion. Accelerated spectral broadening to longer wavelengths was observed.","PeriodicalId":338472,"journal":{"name":"35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology","volume":"34 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":"123282055","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":"Pulse propagation and break-up in fiber amplifiers with third-order dispersion","authors":"C. Aguergaray, V. Kruglov, J. Harvey","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929880","url":null,"abstract":"We present a novel analytical solution and the conditions leading to accurate description of propagating pulses and critical length describing pulse break-up for the generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equation with third-order fiber dispersion and constant gain.","PeriodicalId":338472,"journal":{"name":"35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology","volume":"103 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":"128897337","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":"Nonlinear optical endoscopy enabled by fibre-based dispersion compensation","authors":"N. Ghimire, H. Bao, M. Gu","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929908","url":null,"abstract":"A fibre-based dispersion compensation method is newly used in nonlinear optical endoscopy to compensate for normal dispersion and compress pulse width for high fluorescence generation efficiency.","PeriodicalId":338472,"journal":{"name":"35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology","volume":"52 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":"121501170","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}
D. Moss, A. Pasquazi, M. Peccianti, L. Razzari, D. Duchesne, M. Ferrera, S. Chu, B. Little, R. Morandotti
{"title":"CMOS compatible all-optical waveguides","authors":"D. Moss, A. Pasquazi, M. Peccianti, L. Razzari, D. Duchesne, M. Ferrera, S. Chu, B. Little, R. Morandotti","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929930","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate a wide range of novel functions in integrated, CMOS compatible, devices. This platform has promise for telecommunications and on-chip WDM optical interconnects for computing.","PeriodicalId":338472,"journal":{"name":"35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology","volume":"62 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":"125915587","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":"Analytical modelling of interrogation systems for fibre Bragg grating sensors","authors":"G. Wild, S. Richardson","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929959","url":null,"abstract":"We present an analytical model of interrogation systems used to detect dynamic signals from optical fibre Bragg grating sensors. We compare several of the most common passive interrogation systems used to detect high frequency signals.","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":"125880115","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}
H. K. Bal, F. Sidiroglou, F. Ladouceur, N. Dragomir, S. Collins, Z. Brodzeli
{"title":"Fabrication of a fibre Bragg grating liquid composition sensor based on wet etching technique","authors":"H. K. Bal, F. Sidiroglou, F. Ladouceur, N. Dragomir, S. Collins, Z. Brodzeli","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929886","url":null,"abstract":"An alternative fabrication process targeting the etching of fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs) is presented. The performance of the resulting grating is demonstrated by developing a glycerine composition sensor based on refractive index changes.","PeriodicalId":338472,"journal":{"name":"35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology","volume":"34 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":"125593081","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}
W. Liu, A. Sukhorukov, A. Miroshnichenko, C. Poulton, Z. Xu, D. Neshev, Y. Kivshar
{"title":"Complete spectral gap in coupled hollow metallic waveguides","authors":"W. Liu, A. Sukhorukov, A. Miroshnichenko, C. Poulton, Z. Xu, D. Neshev, Y. Kivshar","doi":"10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929921","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate a complete spectral gap based on the coupling between forward and backward modes in a symmetric structure composed of four coupled hollow metallic waveguides.","PeriodicalId":338472,"journal":{"name":"35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology","volume":"3 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":"128529247","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}