Title :
Efficient visible continuum generation in air-silica microstructure optical fibers with anomalous dispersion at 800 nm
Author :
Ranka, J.K. ; Windeler, R.S. ; Stentz, A.J.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Lucent Technol., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate for the first time the efficient generation of a single-transverse-mode continuum with a spectral width of 500 THz, by propagating pulses for 100-fs duration and kilowatt peak powers through an air-silica microstructure optical fiber designed to have anomalous dispersion at 800 nm.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical solitons; 100 fs; 800 cm; SiO/sub 2/; air-silica microstructure optical fiber; anomalous dispersion; efficient visible continuum generation; four-wave mixing; nonlinear optical effects; pulse compression; pulse injection; single-transverse-mode continuum; small effective area; soliton propagation; zero group-velocity dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Microstructure; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical pulse generation; Optical solitons; Power generation; Silicon compounds; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.834609
