Nonlinear fibre-based photonic technologies

1 Institute of Photonic Technologies, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK 2 Instituto de Optica, CSIC, Serrano 121, 28006 Madrid, Spain 3Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, Unite Mixte de Recherche CNRS 5209, 9 avenue Alain Savary, 21078 Dijon, France 4Departamento de Electronica, Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Alcala de Henares, 28871 Madrid, Spain