Open AccessEnhancing red-shifted white-light continuum generation in optical fibers for applications in nonlinear Raman microscopy
Author(s) -
Yakovlev,
Petrov Gi
Publication year - 2005
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.13.001299
Subject(s) - optics , raman spectroscopy , picosecond , materials science , supercontinuum , raman scattering , nonlinear optics , coherent anti stokes raman spectroscopy , sum frequency generation , broadband , optoelectronics , wavelength , microscopy , spectroscopy , photonic crystal fiber , physics , laser , quantum mechanics
We report an efficient red-shifted continuum generation of picosecond pulses in conventional optical fibers. By using a novel highrepetition rate, high-energy oscillator operating at the fundamental wavelength of 1064 nm, we achieved more than 60% of the output energy in the spectral range from 1150 to 1300 nm, perfectly suitable for broadband coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy.