Optical fibers and waveguides provide unique and distinct environments for nonlinear optics, because of the combination of high intensities, long interaction lengths, and control of the propagation constants. They are also becoming of technological importance. The topic has a long history but continues to generate rapid development, most recently through the invention of the new forms of optical fiber collectively known as photonic crystal fibers. Some of the discoveries and ideas from the new fibers look set to have lasting influence in the broader field of guided-wave nonlinear optics. In this paper we introduce some of these ideas.

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Appl. Phys. B

• G. McConnell and E. Riis, "Ultra-short pulse compression using photonic crystal fibre," Appl. Phys. B 78,557-563 (2004). [CrossRef]

Appl. Phys. Lett.

• M. Rusu and O. G. Okhotnikov, "All-fiber picosecond laser source based on nonlinear spectral compression," Appl. Phys. Lett. 89,091118 (2006). [CrossRef]

Electron. Lett.

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• J. C. Knight, J. Arriaga, T. A. Birks, A. Ortigosa-Blanch, W. J. Wadsworth, P. St. J. Russell, "Anomalous dispersion in photonic crystal fiber," I.E.E.E. Photon. Technol. Lett. 12,807-809 (2000). [CrossRef]

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• J. Y. Y. Leong, P. Petropoulos, J. H. V. Price, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, S. Akimakis, R. C. Moore, K. E. Frampton, V. Finazzi, X. Feng, T. M. Monro, D. J. Richardson, "High-Nonlinearity Dispersion-Shifted Lead-Silicate Holey Fibers for Efficient 1-μm Pumped Supercontinuum Generation," J. Lightwave Technol. 24,183-190 (2006). [CrossRef]
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J. Opt. Soc. Am. B

• S. Coen, A. Hing, L. Chau, R. Leonhardt, J. D. Harvey, J. C. Knight, W. J. Wadsworth, and P. St. J. Russell "Supercontinuum generation by stimulated Raman scattering and parametric four-wave mixing in photonic crystal fibers," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 19,753-764 (2002). [CrossRef]
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J. Opt. Soc. Am. B.

• U. Peschel, R. Morandotti, J. M. Arnold, J. S. Aitchison, H. S. Eisenberg, Y. Silberberg, T. Pertsch and F. Lederer, "Optical discrete solitons in waveguide arrays. 2. Dynamic properties," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B. 19,2637-2644 (2002). [CrossRef]

Nature

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Nature Photonics

• G. S. Wiederhecker, C. M. B. Cordeiro, F. Couny, F. Benabid, S. A. Maier, J. C. Knight, C. H. B. Cruz and H. L. Fragnito, "Field enhancement within an optical fibre with a subwavelength air core," Nature Photonics 1,115 - 118 (2007). [CrossRef]

Nature-Photonics

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Opt. Express

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