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Nonlinear optics of microstructure fibers
A. M. Zheltikovab a Physics Department, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
b International Laser Center
Abstract:
Microstructure fibers have opened a new phase in nonlinear optics. Due to their unique properties, fibers of this type radically enhance all the basic nonlinear-optical phenomena, offering new strategies for frequency conversion, spectral transformation, and control of ultrashort laser pulses. These fibers allow supercontinuum radiation to be efficiently generated using nano- and subnanojoule femtosecond pulses. Here, we analyze the physical mechanisms behind the enhancement of nonlinear-optical interactions of ultrashort pulses in microstructure and hollow photonic-crystal fibers and discuss applications of microstructure fibers for highly efficient supercontinuum generation and frequency conversion of femtosecond laser pulses.
Received: August 20, 2003 Revised: September 6, 2003
Citation:
A. M. Zheltikov, “Nonlinear optics of microstructure fibers”, UFN, 174:1 (2004), 73–105; Phys. Usp., 47:1 (2004), 69–98
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