Multiplex frequency conversion of femtosecond laser pulses in trefoil and quatrefoil channels of a holey fiber

作者:Ji L; Lu P*; Dai N; Zhang J; Yang Z; Li Y; Chen W; Jiang Z; Li J
来源:Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics , 2008, 91(2): 295-298.
DOI:10.1007/s00340-008-2979-5

摘要

We report that trefoil and quatrefoil silica channels with sizes ranging from 0.6 mu m to as large as 4-5 mu m in a holey fiber can strongly confine the light field and act as highly nonlinear waveguides. Supercontinuum emissions, efficient dispersive-wave generation and parametric four-wave-mixing processes were achieved in these channels with sub-nanojoule femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser pulses. Two dispersion curves corresponding to two orthogonal modes in each channel were simulated and used to explain the experimental results.