• DocumentCode
    510669
  • Title

    Third harmonic generation in optical fibers

  • Author

    Li, Shenping ; Li, Ming-Jun ; Kuksenkov, Dmitri V. ; Nolan, Daniel A.

  • Author_Institution
    Science & Technology Division, Corning Incorporated, NY 14831, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-6 Nov. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Third harmonic (TH) generation by four-wave mixing is investigated in a novel design optical fiber. Numerical modeling predicts that TH conversion efficiency of ≫ 50% is achievable in the proposed fiber design. Experimentally demonstrated TH conversion efficiency is 2.5%. The main causes for lower than expected conversion efficiency are studied.
  • Keywords
    Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Ultraviolet sources; Wavelength conversion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2009 Asia
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai, China
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-877-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-877-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5377335