Development of suspended core soft glass fibers for far-detuned parametric conversion. (1st March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rampur, Anupamaa; Ciąćka, Piotr; Cimek, Jarosław; Kasztelanic, Rafał; Buczyński, Ryszard; Klimczak, Mariusz
• Is Part Of: Journal of optics. Volume 20:Number 4(2018:Apr.)
• Publication Date: 2018-03-01
• Subjects: fibers -- nonlinear optics -- parametric processes -- four-wave mixing; 42.65.-k -- 42.81.Cn; Optics -- Periodicals; 535.05
• DOI: 10.1088/2040-8986/aaaf8f
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2040-8978

Abstract

Abstract: Light sources utilizing χ (2) parametric conversion combine high brightness with attractive operation wavelengths in the near and mid-infrared. In optical fibers, it is possible to use χ (3) degenerate four-wave mixing in order to obtain signal-to-idler frequency detuning of over 100 THz. We report on a test series of nonlinear soft glass suspended core fibers intended for parametric conversion of 1000–1100 nm signal wavelengths available from an array of mature lasers into the near-to-mid-infrared range of 2700–3500 nm under pumping with an erbium sub-picosecond laser system. The presented discussion includes modelling of the fiber properties, details of their physical development and characterization, and experimental tests of parametric conversion.