Title :
High-energy fiber lasers at non-traditional colours, via intermodal nonlinearities
Author :
Rishoj, L. ; Chen, Y. ; Steinvurzel, P. ; Rottwitt, K. ; Ramachandran, S.
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We propose exploiting intermodal four-wave mixing for energy-scalable tuneable fiber lasers, hitherto restricted to low powers, constrained by dispersion-tailoring limitations in PCFs. Conversion over an octave, at mJ-energy-levels, appears feasible.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; multiwave mixing; optical fibre dispersion; PCF; dispersion-tailoring limitations; energy-scalable tuneable fiber lasers; high-energy fiber lasers; intermodal four-wave mixing; intermodal nonlinearities; nontraditional colours; Dispersion; Four-wave mixing; Gain; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
