• DocumentCode
    1485419
  • Title

    Compact broadband continuum source based on microchip laser pumped microstructured fibre

  • Author

    Provino, L. ; Dudley, J.M. ; Maillotte, H. ; Grossard, N. ; Windeler, R.S. ; Eggleton, B.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. d´´Optique, Univ. de Franche-Comte, Besancon, France
  • Volume
    37
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    4/26/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    558
  • Lastpage
    560
  • Abstract
    A 300 nm broadband visible continuum has been generated in a 1.8 m length of microstructured fibre pumped at 532 nm by 0.8 ns pulses from a frequency-doubled passively Q-switched Nd:YAG microchip laser. With nanosecond pulses, self-phase-modulation is negligible, and the continuum generation is dominated by the interplay of Raman and parametric effects
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; light sources; multiwave mixing; optical fibres; optical parametric devices; optical pumping; self-phase modulation; stimulated Raman scattering; 0.8 ns; 1.8 m; 300 nm; 532 nm; Nd:YAG microchip laser; Raman effects; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; compact broadband continuum source; continuum generation; frequency-doubled passively Q-switched Nd:YAG microchip laser; microchip laser pumped microstructured fibre; microstructured fibre; nanosecond pulses; parametric effects; self-phase-modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20010395
  • Filename
    920912