Low threshold power density for the generation of frequency up-converted pulses in bismuth glass by two crossing chirped femtosecond pulses

Opt Express. 2011 Jun 20;19(13):12039-44. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.012039.

Abstract

We investigated the generation of frequency up-converted femtosecond laser pulses by nondegenerate cascaded four-wave mixing (CFWM) in a bismuth-oxide glass (BI glass). Broad-bandwidth light pulses with different propagation directions were simultaneously obtained by using two small-angle crossing femtosecond laser pulses in BI glass. Experimental results show that the threshold power density for the generation of broad-bandwidth femtosecond pulses in BI glass is one order of magnitude lower than that in fused silica.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bismuth / chemistry*
  • Equipment Design
  • Glass / chemistry*
  • Lasers*
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Optics and Photonics / instrumentation*
  • Optics and Photonics / methods*
  • Refractometry / instrumentation
  • Refractometry / methods
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemistry

Substances

  • Silicon Dioxide
  • bismuth oxide
  • Bismuth