Abstract

Spectrally-isolated narrowband Cherenkov radiation from commercial nonlinear photonic crystal fibers is demonstrated as an ultrafast optical source with a visible tuning range of 485-690 nm, which complementarily extends the near-infrared tuning range of 690-1020 nm from the corresponding femtosecond Ti:sapphire pump laser. Pump-to-signal conversion efficiency routinely surpasses 10%, enabling multirnilliwatt visible output across the entire tuning range. Appropriate selection of fiber parameters and pumping conditions efficiently suppresses the supercontinuum generation typically associated with Cherenkov radiation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)9858-9872
Number of pages15
JournalOptics Express
Volume17
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 8 2009

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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