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Intense green and red components generated in a non-polarization preserving optical fibre using a Q-switched and mode-locked cw Nd: YAG laser have been examined spectrally and temporally with picosecond resolution. In addition to the red (four-photon interaction) and green (second-harmonic) components, many other frequency mixing processes were detected. From theoretical considerations, the red component (anti-Stokes) which is generated through parametric four photon mixing should be in the same propagation mode as the Stokes component (ir) and this was confirmed experimentally.
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Gomes, A.S.L., Österberg, U. & Taylor, J.R. Spectral and temporal investigations of nonlinearities in a non-polarization preserving single-mode optical fibre. Appl. Phys. B 41, 235–240 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00697404
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