Ultra-Broadly Tunable Light Sources Based on the Nonlinear Effects in Photonic Crystal Fibers (eBook)

Parts of this thesis have been published in the following articles: 6
Supervisor's Foreword 7
Acknowledgements 9
Contents 11
Nomenclature 13
1 Introduction 15
1.1 Background 15
1.2 Fiber Lasers 16
1.2.1 Background and Tendency of Fiber Lasers 17
1.2.2 New Wavelength Fiber Lasers 18
1.3 Nonlinear Effects in Fibers 20
1.3.1 Self-Phase Modulation 20
1.3.2 Cross-Phase Modulation 21
1.3.3 Stimulated Raman Scattering 21
1.3.4 Four-Wave Mixing 23
1.4 Photonic Crystal Fibers 26
1.5 Motivation of Thesis 27
1.6 Thesis Organization 28
References 29
2 New Wavelength Generation Based on PCF with Two Zero-Dispersion Wavelengths (TZDWs) 32
2.1 Multipole Method 32
2.2 Parametric Amplification Based on PCF with TZDW 33
2.2.1 The Design and Fabrication of the PCF with TZDW 33
2.2.2 The Relationship Between the Optical Parametric Spectrum and the Pump Wavelength 37
2.2.3 The Optical Parametric Generation in a PCF with TZDW 40
2.3 Dispersive Wave Generation 43
2.3.1 The Principle of Dispersive Wave Generation 43
2.3.2 Tunable DWs in the Visible Region 44
2.3.3 Tunable DWs in the Mid-infrared Region 47
2.4 Ultraviolet Generation Based on Cross-Phase Modulation in PCF with TZDW 48
2.5 Conclusion 50
References 51
3 PCF-Based Optical Parametric Amplifier (OPA) 53
3.1 Introduction 53
3.2 Parametric Generation in a PCF with ZDW Near 1.06 mu m 55
3.3 OPA Based on PCF Pumped by Picosecond Light Source 61
3.3.1 The Theory of Pulsed OPA 61
3.3.2 High-Gain Broadband FOPA 63
3.3.3 Widely Tunable Parametric Amplification 67
3.3.4 FOPA-Based Picosecond Pulse Generation 68
3.4 Conclusion 69
References 70
4 Widely Tunable Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) Based on PCF 71
4.1 Introduction 71
4.2 Wavelength Tuning Methods 72
4.3 Wavelength Tunability via Tuning of the Pump Wavelength 74
4.4 Time-Dispersion-Tuned OPO Based on PCF 79
4.5 Conclusion 89
References 90
5 PCF-Based OPO with High Energy Conversion Efficiency 92
5.1 Introduction 92
5.2 Doubly Resonant PCF-Based OPO 93
5.2.1 Four-Wavelength FOPO 95
5.2.2 Doubly Resonant FOPO with High Conversion Efficiency 95
5.3 Highly Efficient PCF-Based OPO with All-Fiber Cavity Structure 100
5.4 Conclusion 102
References 102
6 Conclusion 104