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Nonlinear optical phenomena

Continuous-wave parametric oscillation in polarisation-maintaining optical fibre

E. A. Zlobina, S. I. Kablukov, S. A. Babin

Institute of Automation and Electrometry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk

Abstract: Continuous-wave parametric oscillation in a polarisation-maintaining optical fibre has been achieved for the first time using polarisation phase matching. Up-conversion with a frequency shift of ~8.6 THz has been demonstrated experimentally. The single-pass optical power generated at 1017 nm in a 85-m-long Nufern PM980-XP fibre exceeded 40 mW. The conversion efficiency was 3.3%, which is an order of magnitude higher than that reported previously for cw parametric up-conversion in the 1-μm spectral region. We compare theoretical predictions with experimental data and analyse factors that may influence output power saturation with increasing signal and pump powers.

PACS: 42.65.Yj, 42.65.Lm, 42.81.Dp, 42.25.Ja

Received: 01.03.2011
Revised: 06.06.2011

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2011, 41:9, 794–800

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