Title :
Can fibers replace OPOs?
Author :
Ramachandran, Siddharth ; Steinvurzel, P. ; Demas, Jeffrey ; Tai, B. ; Chen, Yuanfeng
Author_Institution :
ECE Dept. & Photonics Center, Boston Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
We present a class of fibers that exploit light propagation in higher-order modes, and hence decouple the dispersion-versus-mode-area trade-off encountered in conventional fibers. This enables exploiting the multitude of nonlinear optical effects afforded by fibers, at energy levels potentially approaching those of tunable solid-state lasers.
Keywords :
light propagation; nonlinear optics; optical fibres; optical parametric oscillators; solid lasers; OPO; conventional fibers; dispersion-versus-mode-area trade-off; higher-order modes; light propagation; nonlinear optical effects; optical parametric oscillators; tunable solid-state lasers; Educational institutions; Frequency conversion; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Photonics; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656536
