Second zero dispersion wavelength measurement through soliton self-frequency shift compensation in suspended core fibre

Bertrand Kibler (1) , Christophe Finot (1) , Grégory Gadret (1) , Guy Millot (1) , J. Wojcik (2) , M. Szpulak (3) , W. Urbanczyk (3)

1 ICB - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne
2 Laboratory of Optical Fiber Technology
3 Institute of Physics

A simple experimental technique to evaluate the second zero dispersion wavelength of very small core microstrutured fibres is described. Based on the effect of soliton self-frequency shift and its subsequent compensation in the vicinity of the second zero dispersion. the proposed method is applied to both standard and suspended core microstructured fibres by simply measuring the frequency stabilised soliton spectrum, avoiding any calculation and knowledge of any experimental parameters.

Mots clés: Nonlinear optics; Microstructured fiber; Frequency shift; Optical solitons

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Bertrand Kibler, Christophe Finot, Grégory Gadret, Guy Millot, J. Wojcik, et al.. Second zero dispersion wavelength measurement through soliton self-frequency shift compensation in suspended core fibre. Electronics Letters, 2008, 44 (23), pp.1370-1371. ⟨10.1049/el:20082009⟩. ⟨hal-00408615⟩