Photonics Research, 2015, 3 (5): 05000210, Published Online: Jan. 6, 2016   

Multicolored sideband generation based on cascaded four-wave mixing with the assistance of spectral broadening in multiple thin plates Download: 551次

Author Affiliations
1 State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
2 IFSA Collaborative Innovation Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Abstract
The generation of multicolored sidebands with the spectrum from 377 to 970 nm in a 0.5-mm-thick N-WG280 Schott glass based on a cascaded four-wave mixing (CFWM) process is demonstrated. The experimental setup is compact and economical. A pulse with a broadened spectrum from 670 to 900 nm is generated by utilizing two 0.18-mm-thick fused silica glass plates and is used to provide two input beams for the CFWM process. The new frequency components generated from the self-phase modulation effect in the two thin glass plates contribute to the broadening of the total spectral range of the generated multicolored sidebands.
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Peng Wang, Jun Liu, Fangjia Li, Xiong Shen, Ruxin Li. Multicolored sideband generation based on cascaded four-wave mixing with the assistance of spectral broadening in multiple thin plates[J]. Photonics Research, 2015, 3(5): 05000210.

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