title: Supercontinuum and four-wave mixing with Q-switched pulses in endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fibres.
abstract: Photonic crystal fibres exhibiting endlessly single-mode operation and dispersion zero in the range 1040 to 1100 nm are demonstrated. A sub-ns pump source at 1064 nm generates a parametric output at 732 nm with an efficiency of 35%, or parametric gain of 55 dB at 1315 nm. A broad, flat supercontinuum extending from 500 nm to beyond 1750 nm is also demonstrated using the same pump source.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wadsworth
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Joly
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Birks
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Biancalana
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Russell