Experimental comparison of a Kerr nonlinearity figure of merit including the stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold for state-of-the-art nonlinear optical fibers

Ju Han Lee, Takuo Tanemura, Kazuro Kikuchi, Tatsuo Nagashima, Tomoharu Hasegawa, Seiki Ohara, Naoki Sugimoto

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Abstract

We introduce a new figure of merit (FOM) including the input pump power limit associated with stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) for evaluation of the Kerr nonlinearity efficiency of optical fibers. The new FOM is expressed as γLeffPSBS (γ is a nonlinearity parameter, Leff is effective length, and PSBS is the SBS threshold), while the conventional FOM is given by γLeff. Using the new FOM, we perform an efficiency comparison among four types of state-of-the-art nonlinear optical fiber: a Bi2O3-based nonlinear fiber, a silica-based holey fiber, a highly nonlinear dispersion-shifted fiber, and a conventional dispersion-shifted fiber. The Bi2O3-based nonlinear fiber is found to have the best Kerr nonlinearity efficiency owing to the superior nonlinear property of the Bi2O3 glass compared with that of the silica.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1698-1700
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume30
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2005

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