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
fDate :
4/26/2001 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20010395
