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We exploit nondegenerate four-wave mixing to generate narrow-bandwidth visible light from blue to orange in microstructured optical fiber. The process is excited by nanosecond dual-wavelength pump pulses (532/1064 nm) produced by a frequency-doubled passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. A linearly polarized, fundamental mode signal wave is generated in the visible, accompanied by an idler wave in the near-infrared. The signal and idler wavelengths are adjustable by the design of the microstructure.
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Räikkönen, E., Buchter, S. & Kaivola, M. Generation of monochromatic visible light in microstructured optical fiber by nondegenerate four-wave mixing. Appl. Phys. B 91, 461–465 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-008-3017-3
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