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Coherent ultra-violet to near-infrared generation in silica ridge waveguides.


ABSTRACT: Short duration, intense pulses of light can experience dramatic spectral broadening when propagating through lengths of optical fibre. This continuum generation process is caused by a combination of nonlinear optical effects including the formation of dispersive waves. Optical analogues of Cherenkov radiation, these waves allow a pulse to radiate power into a distant spectral region. In this work, efficient and coherent dispersive wave generation of visible to ultraviolet light is demonstrated in silica waveguides on a silicon chip. Unlike fibre broadeners, the arrays provide a wide range of emission wavelength choices on a single, compact chip. This new capability is used to simplify offset frequency measurements of a mode-locked frequency comb. The arrays can also enable mode-locked lasers to attain unprecedented tunable spectral reach for spectroscopy, bioimaging, tomography and metrology.

SUBMITTER: Yoon Oh D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5227738 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Coherent ultra-violet to near-infrared generation in silica ridge waveguides.

Yoon Oh Dong D   Yang Ki Youl KY   Fredrick Connor C   Ycas Gabriel G   Diddams Scott A SA   Vahala Kerry J KJ  

Nature communications 20170109


Short duration, intense pulses of light can experience dramatic spectral broadening when propagating through lengths of optical fibre. This continuum generation process is caused by a combination of nonlinear optical effects including the formation of dispersive waves. Optical analogues of Cherenkov radiation, these waves allow a pulse to radiate power into a distant spectral region. In this work, efficient and coherent dispersive wave generation of visible to ultraviolet light is demonstrated i  ...[more]

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