Title :
Two octaves of frequency generation by cascaded intermodal nonlinear mixing in solid optical fiber
Author :
Demas, Jeffrey ; Steinvurzel, P. ; Tai, B. ; Chen, Yuanfeng ; Ramachandran, Siddharth
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Boston Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
We generate over two octaves of light in Bessel-beam-like fiber modes by pumping in the LP06 mode of a custom fiber. Distinct lines are generated in the visible in mode orders that increase monotonically from LP07 at 678 nm to LP016 at 453 nm.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; Bessel-beam-like fiber modes; LP016 mode; LP06 mode; LP07 mode; cascaded intermodal nonlinear mixing; frequency generation; light octaves; solid optical fiber; wavelength 453 nm; wavelength 678 nm; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical frequency conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
