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  • JOSA B, Vol. 26 Issue 11, pp.2064-2071 (2009)
  • Judge, A C; Bang, O; Eggleton, B J; Kuhlmey, B T; Mägi, E C; Pant, R; de Sterke, C Martijn
  • Soliton propagation is modeled in a tapered photonic crystal fiber for various taper profiles with the purpose of optimizing the soliton self-frequency shift (SSFS) in such...

  • JOSA B, Vol. 26 Issue 11, pp.2136-2142 (2009)
  • Xiong, Lingyun; Albert, Jacques
  • We present a method to fabricate fiber Bragg gratings with adjustable refractive index contrast by using the standard phase mask technique. A theoretical analysis of the diffracted...

  • Optics Letters, Vol. 34 Issue 22, pp.3490-3492 (2009)
  • Baskiotis, Catherine; Jaouën, Yves; Gabet, Renaud; Bouwmans, Géraud; Quiquempois, Yves; Douay, Marc; Sillard, Pierre
  • We use a phase-sensitive optical low-coherence interferometry technique and camera imaging to identify microbend-induced mode couplings in Bragg fibers. Results show the importance...

  • Optics Express, Vol. 17 Issue 23, pp.20927-20937 (2009)
  • Malinowski, Andrew; Vu, Khu Tri; Chen, Kang Kang; Nilsson, Johan; Jeong, Yoonchan; Alam, Shaiful; Lin, Dejiao; Richardson, David J
  • We demonstrate active pulse shaping using an Electro-Optic Modulator in order to compensate the pulse shaping effects caused by Gain Saturation in a high power Yb doped fiber...

  • Optics Express, Vol. 17 Issue 23, pp.20651-20660 (2009)
  • Guo, Tuan; Shao, Liyang; Tam, Hwa-Yaw; Krug, Peter A; Albert, Jacques
  • We demonstrate a compact power-referenced fiber-optic accelerometer using a weakly tilted fiber Bragg grating (TFBG) combined with an abrupt biconical taper. The electric-arc-heating...

  • Optics Express, Vol. 17 Issue 23, pp.20721-20726 (2009)
  • Lim, Wansu; Cho, Tae-Sik; Yun, Changho; Kim, Kiseon
  • In this paper, we derive the average bit error rate (BER) of subcarrier multiplexing (SCM)-based free space optics (FSO) systems using a dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator (DD-MZM)...

  • Optics Express, Vol. 17 Issue 23, pp.20727-20734 (2009)
  • Huang, Jin; Sun, Changzheng; Xiong, Bing; Luo, Yi
  • A Y-branch integrated dual wavelength laser diode is fabricated for optical microwave generation based on the principle of sideband injection locking. The device integrates a master...

  • JOSA B, Vol. 26 Issue 12, pp.2237-2241 (2009)
  • Nemova, Galina; Kashyap, Raman
  • We propose a theoretical model for a laser cooled continuous-wave fiber amplifier. The amplification process takes place in the Yb3+-doped core of a fluoride ZBLAN...

  • Optics Express, Vol. 17 Issue 24, pp.21344-21349 (2009)
  • Yu, Helmut C Y; Argyros, Alexander; Leon-Saval, Sergio G; Fuerbach, Alex; Efimov, Anatoly; Barton, Geoff W
  • CdSe/ZnS core-shell quantum dots have been embedded within microstructured polymer optical fibres. The emission properties of quantum dots within fibres have been explored to show...

  • Optics Express, Vol. 17 Issue 24, pp.21350-21361 (2009)
  • Chandrasekhar, S; Liu, Xiang
  • We experimentally investigate the performance of a spectrally efficient multi-carrier channel consisting of two or more optical carriers spaced around the baud rate, with each...

  • Optics Express, Vol. 17 Issue 24, pp.21497-21508 (2009)
  • Dudley, J M; Genty, G; Dias, F; Kibler, B; Akhmediev, N
  • Numerical simulations of the onset phase of continuous wave supercontinuum generation from modulation instability show that the structure of the field as it develops can be...

  • Optics Express, Vol. 17 Issue 24, pp.21608-21614 (2009)
  • Liao, Meisong; Chaudhari, Chitrarekha; Qin, Guanshi; Yan, Xin; Kito, Chihiro; Suzuki, Takenobu; Ohishi, Yasutake; Matsumoto, Morio; Misumi, Takashi
  • A highly nonlinear composite fiber, which has a 1.5 μm chalcogenide glass core surrounded by a tellurite glass microstructure cladding, has been fabricated by the method of stack and...

  • Optics Express, Vol. 17 Issue 24, pp.21666-21671 (2009)
  • Hurh, Yoon-Suk; Seo, Kyung-Hee; Lee, Jae-Seung
  • We investigate optical gain and penalty characteristics of a fiber-Bragg-grating based active optical-add-drop multiplexer (OADM). The active OADM has a two-stage structure and can...

  • Optics Express, Vol. 17 Issue 24, pp.21748-21753 (2009)
  • Gatto, Alberto; Boletti, Anna; Boffi, Pierpaolo; Martinelli, Mario
  • 1.55-μm single-mode VCSEL frequency chirp behavior is investigated in under-threshold and above-threshold operating conditions for different VCSEL-to-VCSEL injection locking...

  • Applied Optics, Vol. 48 Issue 33, pp.6537-6540 (2009)
  • Zhou, Pu; Ma, Yanxing; Wang, Xiaolin; Ma, Haotong; Wang, Jianhua; Xu, Xiaojun; Liu, Zejin
  • We demonstrate the coherent beam combination of a hexagonal distributed high power fiber amplifier array. Six polarization-maintained fiber amplifiers are tiled into a hexagonal...

  • Optics Express, Vol. 17 Issue 24, pp.21882-21890 (2009)
  • Xuan, Haifeng; Jin, Wei; Zhang, Min
  • Long period gratings (LPGs) are fabricated by use of focused high frequency CO2 laser pulses to periodically modify the transverse dimension of silica microfibers. A...

  • Optics Letters, Vol. 34 Issue 23, pp.3613-3615 (2009)
  • Nafta, Alon; Meron, Eado; Shtaif, Mark
  • We characterize the effect of polarization dependent loss (PDL) on the information capacity of fiber-optic channels. The reduction in the outage capacity owing to the PDL is...

  • Optics Letters, Vol. 34 Issue 23, pp.3628-3630 (2009)
  • Cascante-Vindas, J; Díez, A; Cruz, J L; Andrés, M V
  • We report on an intracavity configuration for supercontinuum generation in a Q-switched Yb fiber laser. The supercontinuum laser includes a section of microstructured fiber within...

  • Optics Letters, Vol. 34 Issue 23, pp.3674-3676 (2009)
  • Euser, T G; Garbos, M K; Chen, J S Y; Russell, P St J
  • A great challenge in microfluidics is the precise control of laser radiation forces acting on single particles or cells, while allowing monitoring of their optical and chemical...

  • Optics Letters, Vol. 34 Issue 23, pp.3677-3679 (2009)
  • Chiang, Chia-Chin; Cheng, Tsung-Chieh; Chang, Hao-Jhen; Tsai, Liren
  • A loss-tunable sandwiched long-period fiber grating (SLPFG) filter is proposed in this Letter. This SLPFG utilized thick SU8 photoresist layers to induce refractive index...

  • Optics Letters, Vol. 34 Issue 23, pp.3683-3685 (2009)
  • Wang, Yiping; Jin, Wei; Jin, Long; Tan, Xiaoling; Bartelt, Hartmut; Ecke, Wolfgang; Moerl, Klaus; Schroeder, Kerstin; Spittel, Ron; Willsch, Reinhardt; Kobelke, Jens; Rothhardt, Manfred; Shan, Liye; Brueckner, Sven
  • We report the implementation of an in-fiber optical switch by means of filling a fluid into the air holes of a photonic crystal fiber with a fiber Bragg grating. Such a switch can...
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