Title :
Compact supercontinuum generation and four-wave mixing in PCF with 10 ns laser pulses
Author :
Wadsworth, W.J. ; JoIy, N.Y. ; Biancalana, F. ; Knight, J.C. ; Birks, T.A. ; Russell, P. St J
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Bath Univ., UK
Abstract :
We report broad flat supercontinuum, 500-1750+ nm, using a kHz train of nanosecond Q-switched microchip laser pulses at 1064 nm or 1047 nm. The same systems exhibit strong parametric generation of FWM peaks, e.g. at 732/1945 nm or 895/1315 nm.
Keywords :
Q-switching; microchip lasers; multiwave mixing; optical fibres; optical pulse generation; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; 1047 nm; 1064 nm; 1315 nm; 1945 nm; 732 nm; 895 nm; Q-switched laser pulses; broad flat supercontinuum; compact supercontinuum generation; four-wave mixing; microchip laser pulses; nanosecond laser pulses; photonic crystal fiber; strong parametric generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
