Deep-ultraviolet second-harmonic generation by combined degenerate four-wave mixing and surface nonlinearity polarization in photonic crystal fiber

Deep-ultraviolet (UV) second-harmonics (SHs) have important applications in basic physics and applied sciences. However, it still remains challenging to generate deep-UV SHs especially in optical fibers. Here, for the first time, we experimentally demonstrate the deep-UV SH generations (SHGs) by combined degenerate four-wave mixing (FWM) and surface nonlinearity polarization in an in-house designed and fabricated air-silica photonic crystal fiber (PCF). When femtosecond pump pulses with average input power P av of 650 mW and center wavelength λ p of 810, 820, 830, and 840 nm are coupled into the normal dispersion region close to the zero-dispersion wavelength of the fundamental mode of the PCF, the anti-Stokes waves induced by degenerate FWM process are tunable from 669 to 612 nm. Then, they serve as the secondary pump, and deep-UV SHs are generated within the wavelength range of 334.5 to 306 nm as a result of surface nonlinearity polarization at the core-cladding interface of the PCF. The physical mechanism of the SHGs is confirmed by studying the dependences of the output power P SH of the SHs on the PCF length and time. Finally, we also establish a theoretical model to analyze the SHGs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 7(2017), 1 vom: 23. Aug., Seite 9224

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yuan, Jinhui [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Zhe [VerfasserIn]
Li, Feng [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Guiyao [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xianting [VerfasserIn]
Mei, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Sang, Xinzhu [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Qiang [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Binbin [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Xian [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Kangping [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Kuiru [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Chongxiu [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Tam, Hwa Yaw [VerfasserIn]
Wai, P K A [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 12.03.2019

Date Revised 12.03.2019

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-017-10028-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM275085716