High-efficient wide-band frequency conversion in optical fibers at broad-band powerful laser excitation

Author

Ilev, I.K. ; Koprinkov, I.G.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Appl. Phys., Sofia Tech. Univ., Bulgaria

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1994

Firstpage

95

Abstract

The efficiency of the nonlinear processes in optical fibers (OFs) depends both on the specific material and waveguide parameters of the fibers and on the basic pump-laser parameters-intensity and spectral bandwidth. In the paper the authors report on the generation of a wide-band continuum (530-930nm) with nonlinear conversion efficiency exceeding 90% under powerful excitation of a single-mode OF with a broad-band nonselective dye laser, as well as on the investigation of the spectral pump-laser bandwidth influence on this continuum

Keywords

optical frequency conversion; 530 to 930 nm; 90 percent; broad-band nonselective dye laser; broad-band powerful laser excitation; intensity; nonlinear conversion efficiency; nonlinear processes; optical fibers; pump-laser parameters; single-mode optical fibers; spectral bandwidth; spectral pump-laser bandwidth; waveguide parameters; wide-band continuum; wide-band frequency conversion; Bandwidth; Fiber lasers; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Optical waveguides; Power generation; Power lasers; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1994. LEOS '94 Conference Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1470-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1994.586334

Filename

586334