Title :
Nonlinear intermodal interactions in gas-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fibre
Author :
Tani, F. ; Travers, J.C. ; Russell, Philip St.J
Author_Institution :
Max Planck Inst. for the Sci. of Light, Erlangen, Germany
Abstract :
The emission of pressure-tunable ultra-violet dispersive waves into higher-order modes of a gas-filled kagome-PCF is experimentally and numerically demonstrated. Numerical evidence of a balance between Kerr-driven self-focusing and plasma-defocusing is also presented.
Keywords :
holey fibres; optical Kerr effect; photonic crystals; Kerr-driven self-focusing; gas-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fibre; gas-filled kagome-PCF; higher-order modes; nonlinear intermodal interactions; plasma-defocusing; pressure-tunable ultraviolet dispersive waves; Dispersion; Ionization; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Photonic crystal fibers; Wavelength measurement; Xenon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
