Supercontinuum and four-wave mixing with Q-switched pulses in endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fibres
Author(s) -
W. J. Wadsworth,
N. Y. Joly,
J. C. Knight,
T. A. Birks,
Fabio Biancalana,
P. St. J. Russell
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/opex.12.000299
Subject(s) - supercontinuum , optics , materials science , photonic crystal fiber , dispersion (optics) , photonic crystal , four wave mixing , single mode optical fiber , nonlinear optics , laser , optoelectronics , wavelength , physics
Photonic crystal fibres exhibiting endlessly single-mode operation and dispersion zero in the range 1040 to 1100 nm are demonstrated. A sub-ns pump source at 1064 nm generates a parametric output at 732 nm with an efficiency of 35%, or parametric gain of 55 dB at 1315 nm. A broad, flat supercontinuum extending from 500 nm to beyond 1750 nm is also demonstrated using the same pump source.
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