Tuning quadratic nonlinear photonic crystal fibers for zero group-velocity mismatch

Author

Bache, Morten ; Lægsgaard, Jesper ; Bang, Ole

Author_Institution

COMDTU Dept. of Commun., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A nonlinear index guiding silica PCF is optimized for efficient second harmonic generation through dispersion calculations zero group velocity mismatch is possible for any pump wavelength above 80 nm. Very high conversion efficiencies and bandwidths are found.

Keywords

holey fibres; optical fibre dispersion; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical pumping; optical tuning; photonic crystals; refractive index; silicon compounds; JkJk:SiO₂; conversion efficiencies; dispersion calculation; nonlinear index; optical tuning; pump wavelength; quadratic nonlinear photonic crystal fibers; second harmonic generation; silica PCF; zero group-velocity mismatch; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber devices; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonic crystal fibers; Silicon compounds; Tuning; 060.2280 Fiber design and fabrication; 060.2400 Fiber properties; 060.4370 Nonlinear optics, fibers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628232

Filename

4628232