Title :
Efficient infrared-to-blue conversion in the propagation of ultrashort pulses in a microstructured fiber
Author :
Tartara, Luca ; Cristiani, Ilaria ; Degiorgio, Vittorio
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettronica, Universita degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
Abstract :
By performing an experimental investigation of the nonlinear propagation of wavelength-tunable femtosecond and picosecond pulses in a microstructured fiber, we observe soliton dynamics leading to a very efficient blue light generation.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical frequency conversion; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; blue light generation; infrared-to-blue conversion; microstructured fiber; nonlinear propagation; soliton dynamics; ultrashort pulse propagation; wavelength-tunable femtosecond pulse; wavelength-tunable picosecond pulse; Infrared spectra; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Photonic crystal fibers; Pulse measurements; Solitons; Space vector pulse width modulation; Ultrafast optics; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
