title: Towards efficient and broadband four-wave-mixing using short-length dispersion tailored lead silicate holey fibers.
abstract: We demonstrate four-wave-mixing based wavelength conversion at 1.55 mum in a 2.2 m-long dispersion-shifted lead-silicate holey fiber. For a pump peak power of ~6 W, a conversion efficiency of -6 dB is achieved over a 3-dB bandwidth of ~30 nm. Numerical simulations are used to predict the performance of the fiber for different experimental conditions and to address the potential of dispersion-tailored lead silicate holey fibers in wavelength conversion applications utilizing four-wave-mixing. It is shown that highly efficient and broadband wavelength conversion, covering the entire C-band, can be achieved for such fibers at reasonable optical pump powers and for fiber lengths as short as ~2 m.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asimakis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Petropoulos
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Poletti
authors.forename: J Y Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Leong
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Frampton
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authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Loh
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Richardson