Measurements of thermal effects on four-photon mixing conversion efficiency in an optical fiber

Thermal effects on the conversion efficiency of four-photon mixing (FPM) power in a silica optical fiber are measured. When the temperature of the fiber changes from 9 to 350 degrees C, the first Stokes power decreases with a temperature coefficient of -0.33%/degrees C as the temperature increases to 200 degrees C and then becomes saturated with a further increase in temperature. This temperature characteristic of the first Stokes power reflects the temperature characteristics of the nonlinear refractive index of the fiber, which are similar to its FPM temperature dependence. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America.