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Emergence of self-organized long-period fiber gratings in supercontinuum-generating optical fibers

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: A localized long-period fiber grating emerges in a silica optical fiber transmitting femtosecond pulse-induced supercontinuum. Simultaneously, a specific higher-order fiber cladding mode associated with the grating gains amplification at the expense of the fiber core mode. The grating has a period dependent on the dielectric structure of the fiber and is therefore classified as a self-organized structure.

Source: Optics Letters

DOI: 10.1364/ol.34.000668

Authors: Haohua Tu, Xing Liang, Daniel L. Marks, Stephen A. Boppart

Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Language: English

Topic: Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics

Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering