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Doubly phase-matched cascaded parametric wave mixing of femtosecond laser pulses in tapered fibers is experimentally demonstrated. Fibers with an appropriately tailored dispersion profile allow simultaneous phase matching for two types of nonlinear-optical processes-third-harmonic generation and parametric four-wave mixing. Doubly phase-matched cascaded parametric interactions of ultrashort light pulses give rise to a manifold of new spectral components, expanding substantially the capabilities of the available laser sources of ultrashort pulses.
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Translated from Pis’ma v Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 77, No. 1, 2003, pp. 9–14.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2003 by Akimov, Alfimov, Ivanov, Fedotov, Birks, Wadsworth, Russell, Konorov, Kolevatova, Podshivalov, Zheltikov.
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Akimov, D.A., Alfimov, M.V., Ivanov, A.A. et al. Doubly phase-matched cascaded parametric wave mixing of ultrashort laser pulses. Jetp Lett. 77, 7–11 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1561972
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