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Experiments and numerical simulations are used to study non-phasematched single-mode third harmonic generation occurring simultaneously with fs pulse spectral broadening in highly nonlinear fibre. Pump pulses around 100 fs at 1560 nm injected into sub-5 cm lengths of commercially-available highly nonlinear fibre are observed to undergo spectral broadening spanning over 700 nm at the -30 dB level, and to simultaneously generate third harmonic radiation around 520 nm. Simulations based on a generalized nonlinear envelope equation are shown to well reproduce the spectral structure of the broadened pump pulses and the generated third harmonic signal.
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Kibler, B., Fischer, R., Genty, G. et al. Simultaneous fs pulse spectral broadening and third harmonic generation in highly nonlinear fibre: experiments and simulations. Appl. Phys. B 91, 349–352 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-008-3012-8
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