Efficient high power generation of pulsed red light via four-wave-mixing in a large-mode-area, endlessly single-mode photonic-crystal fiber

Author

Nodop, D. ; Jauregui, C. ; Schimpf, D. ; Limpert, J. ; Tünnermann, A.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Appl. Phys., Friedrich Schiller Univ. Jena, Jena, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

We present a simple approach to generate picosecond or nanosecond pulses in the visible by efficient FWM in an endlessly single-mode large mode area (LMA) PCF fiber. At a moderate pump peak power of 40kW the conversion efficiency can reach 35%. The experimental setup used to demonstrate the effect consists of the laser source emitting 50 ps pulses at 1064 nm at a repetition rate of 100 kHz with variable peak power.

Keywords

holey fibres; multiwave mixing; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; photonic crystals; FWM; LMA PCF fiber; conversion efficiency; four-wave-mixing; frequency 100 kHz; high-power pulsed red light generation; large-mode-area single-mode photonic-crystal fiber; laser source; optical pumping; power 40 kW; time 50 ps; wavelength 1064 nm; Fiber lasers; Frequency conversion; Laser tuning; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Photonic crystal fibers; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5194621

Filename

5194621