D. A. Akimov, A. A. Ivanov, M. V. Alfimov, A. B. Fedotov, T. A. Birks, W. J. Wadsworth, P. S. Russell, O. A. Kolevatova, S. O. Konorov, A. A. Podshivalov, A. N. Petrov, D. A. Sidorov-Biryukov, A. M. Zheltikov, “Frequency conversion of femtosecond Cr:forsterite-laser pulses in a tapered fibre”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2003, Volume 33, Number 4,Pages <nobr>317

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Control of laser radiation parameters

Frequency conversion of femtosecond Cr:forsterite-laser pulses in a tapered fibre

D. A. Akimov^ab, A. A. Ivanov^c, M. V. Alfimov^c, A. B. Fedotov^ab, T. A. Birks^d, W. J. Wadsworth^d, P. S. Russell^d, O. A. Kolevatova^a, S. O. Konorov^a, A. A. Podshivalov^b, A. N. Petrov^c, D. A. Sidorov-Biryukov^b, A. M. Zheltikov^ab

^a Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics
^b International Laser Center of Moscow State University
^c Photochemistry Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^d Department of Physics, University of Bath, UK

Abstract: Efficient frequency conversion of femtosecond pulses of a Cr:forsterite laser in tapered fibres is experimentally demonstrated. Unamplified 30-fs Cr:forsterite-laser pulses are used to generate the third harmonic in the phase-matching regime. Propagation of 75-fs, 10–200-nJ Cr:forsterite-laser pulses through a tapered fibre in the range of anomalous dispersion is accompanied by multiply phase-matched cascaded four-wave mixing, giving rise to a manifold of new spectral components in the visible range and substantial spectral broadening within the wavelength range from 1300 to 1600 nm.

PACS: 42.65.Re, 42.65.Ky, 42.81.Dp

Received: 12.11.2002