Open AccessHighly birefringent silicate glass photonic-crystal fiber with polarization-controlled frequency-shifted output: A promising fiber light source for nonlinear Raman microspectroscopy
Author(s) -
A. V. Mitrofanov,
Yaroslav M. Linik,
Ryszard Buczyński,
Dariusz Pysz,
Dušan Lorenc,
I. Bugár,
А. А. Иванов,
М. В. Алфимов,
А. Б. Федотов,
А. М. Желтиков
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.14.010645
Subject(s) - materials science , photonic crystal fiber , optics , birefringence , femtosecond , supercontinuum , optoelectronics , zero dispersion wavelength , optical fiber , polarization maintaining optical fiber , wavelength , laser , fiber optic sensor , physics
A highly birefringent silicate glass photonic-crystal fiber (PCF) is employed for polarization-controlled nonlinear-optical frequency conversion of femtosecond Cr: forsterite laser pulses with a central wavelength of 1.24 mum to the 530--720-nm wavelength range through soliton dispersion-wave emission. The fiber exhibits a modal birefringence of 1.2.10(-3) at the wavelength of 1.24 mum due to a strong form anisotropy of its core, allowing polarization switching of the central wavelength of its blue-shifted output by 75 nm. Polarization properties and the beam quality of the blue-shifted PCF output are shown to be ideally suited for polarization-sensitive nonlinear Raman microspectroscopy.