TY - GEN
T1 - Temporal nonlinear beam dynamics in infiltrated photonic crystal fibres
AU - Bennet, Francis H.
AU - Rosberg, Christian R.
AU - Neshev, Dragomir N.
AU - Krolikowski, Wieslaw
AU - Kivshar, Yuri S.
AU - Rasmussen, Per D.
AU - Bang, Ole
AU - Bjarklev, Anders
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Infiltrated photonic crystal fibres (PCFs) offer a new way of studying nonlinearity in periodic systems. A wide range of available structures and the ease of infiltration opens up a large range of new experimental opportunities in bio-physics, nonlinear optics, and the study of long range interactions in nonlinear media. Devices relying on these effects have many applications, from bio-sensors, to all optical switches. To further understand these nonlinear interactions and realise their potential applications, the effects of nonlinearity need to be studied on the short time scale. In this work we study the temporal dynamics of thermally induced spatial nonlinearity in liquid-filled photonic crystal fibres. Light is injected into a single hole of an infiltrated PCF cladding, and the subsequent response is measured at a few milliseconds time scale. We experimentally demonstrate the short time scale behavior of such systems, and characterise the effects of this thermal nonlinearity.
AB - Infiltrated photonic crystal fibres (PCFs) offer a new way of studying nonlinearity in periodic systems. A wide range of available structures and the ease of infiltration opens up a large range of new experimental opportunities in bio-physics, nonlinear optics, and the study of long range interactions in nonlinear media. Devices relying on these effects have many applications, from bio-sensors, to all optical switches. To further understand these nonlinear interactions and realise their potential applications, the effects of nonlinearity need to be studied on the short time scale. In this work we study the temporal dynamics of thermally induced spatial nonlinearity in liquid-filled photonic crystal fibres. Light is injected into a single hole of an infiltrated PCF cladding, and the subsequent response is measured at a few milliseconds time scale. We experimentally demonstrate the short time scale behavior of such systems, and characterise the effects of this thermal nonlinearity.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=41149165380&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1117/12.759381
DO - 10.1117/12.759381
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:41149165380
SN - 9780819469724
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Photonics
T2 - Photonics: Design, Technology, and Packaging III
Y2 - 5 December 2007 through 7 December 2007
ER -