Title :
Light generation beyond a continuum edge using a fiber Bragg grating
Author :
Westbrook, P.S. ; Nicholson, J.W. ; Feder, K.S.
Author_Institution :
OFS Labs., Ilminster
Abstract :
We generate light beyond the short wavelength edge of an optical continuum in highly nonlinear fiber pumped by an Er femtosecond laser, with a Bragg grating as a phase matching element.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; fibre lasers; nonlinear optics; optical fibres; Er femtosecond laser; continuum edge; fiber Bragg grating; light generation; nonlinear fiber; optical continuum; phase matching element; wavelength edge; Bragg gratings; Erbium; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser excitation; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348814
