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Nonlinear Optics in Single Crystal Fibers

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Since the advent of low loss optical fibers fifteen years ago, considerable research effort has been directed towards the study of nonlinear interactions in fibers. A variety of devices have taken advantage of the combination of transverse confinement and long interaction lengths available in glass fibers to operate efficiently at relatively low pump powers. Because glasses are inherently centro-symmetric, only third-order nonlinear processes, e.g. Raman1 and Brillouin2 scattering, optical Kerr effect,3 self-phase modulation,4 or extremely weak quadrupole second order processes5 are allowed. Thus, the combination of fiber geometry and the second order susceptibility of non-centro-symmetric single crystals would open the door to a broad range of nonlinear applications not possible in glass fibers.

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  1. Applied Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    M. Fejer, J. Nightingale, G. Magel, W. Kozlovsky, T. Y. Fan & R. L. Byer

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  1. W.W. Hansen Laboratories of Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA

    Robert L. Byer Ph.D.

  2. Department of Physics, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Eric K. Gustafson Ph.D.

  3. Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA

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Fejer, M., Nightingale, J., Magel, G., Kozlovsky, W., Fan, T.Y., Byer, R.L. (1985). Nonlinear Optics in Single Crystal Fibers. In: Byer, R.L., Gustafson, E.K., Trebino, R. (eds) Tunable Solid State Lasers for Remote Sensing. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 51. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39765-6_38

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