• DocumentCode
    1667043
  • Title

    Silica microfibres for broadband third harmonic generation

  • Author

    Lee, Timothy ; Jung, Yongmin ; Codemard, Christophe A. ; Ding, Ming ; Broderick, Neil G R ; Brambilla, Gilberto

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report broadband third harmonic generation via intermodal phase matching in silica microfibres of several centimetres. A 5 dB conversion bandwidth exceeding 36 nm was recorded, with harmonic power detected over a 150 nm range.
  • Keywords
    optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; broadband third harmonic generation; conversion bandwidth; harmonic power; intermodal phase matching; silica microfibres; Bandwidth; Harmonic analysis; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical waveguides; Silicon compounds;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326159