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Frequency conversion of subnanojoule femtosecond pulses in microstructure fibers

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We experimentally demonstrate highly efficient multiplex frequency conversion of unamplified subnanojoule femtosecond pulses of Ti:sapphire laser radiation in fused silica microstructure fibers. Nonlinear optical spectral transformation of femtosecond pulses in an array of fused silica threadlike channels in these microstructure fibers results in the generation of isolated anti-Stokes spectral components within the wavelength range of 400–500 nm. An efficiency of frequency conversion of about 20% is achieved for 800-nm pump pulses with an energy of 0.7 nJ and a pulse duration of 70 fs.

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  1. Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899, Russia

    S. O. Konorov, A. B. Fedotov, E. E. Serebryannikov & A. M. Zheltikov

  2. International Laser Center, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899, Russia

    S. O. Konorov, A. B. Fedotov, W. Boutu, D. A. Sidorov-Biryukov & A. M. Zheltikov

  3. Vavilov State Optical Institute All-Russia Research Center, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    Yu. N. Kondrat’ev, V. S. Shevandin, K. V. Dukel’skiĭ & A. V. Khokhlov

  4. Ecole Polytechnique, F-91128, Palaiseau, Paris, France

    W. Boutu

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Translated from Optika i Spektroskopiya, Vol. 96, No. 4, 2004, pp. 634–639.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Konorov, Fedotov, Boutu, Serebryannikov, Sidorov-Biryukov, Kondrat’ev, Shevandin, Dukel’skiĭ Khokhlov, Zheltikov.

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Konorov, S.O., Fedotov, A.B., Boutu, W. et al. Frequency conversion of subnanojoule femtosecond pulses in microstructure fibers. Opt. Spectrosc. 96, 575–579 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1719147

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