• DocumentCode
    1771970
  • Title

    All chalcogenide Raman-parametric laser, wavelength converter and broadband source in a single microwire

  • Author

    Ahmad, Rabiah ; Rochette, Martin

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a chalcogenide microwire device that acts as a compact (~11 cm length, ~1 μm diameter) and power efficient (sub-Watt threshold peak power, >2% slope efficiency) Raman-parametric laser, wavelength converter and ultra-broadband supercontinuum generator/amplifier.
  • Keywords
    Raman lasers; micro-optics; optical parametric amplifiers; optical wavelength conversion; solid lasers; supercontinuum generation; all chalcogenide Raman-parametric laser; broadband source; compact power efficient laser; single microwire; slope efficiency; subWatt threshold peak power; ultrabroadband supercontinuum amplifier; ultrabroadband supercontinuum generator; wavelength converter; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989702