title: Enhanced visible continuum generation from a microchip 1064nm laser.
abstract: We demonstrate a cascaded nonlinear process using pump conversion to 742 nm by four-wave mixing in the normal dispersion regime then continuum generation by modulation instability to generate bright single-mode visible continuum with an average power up to -20 dBm/nm, from a compact 1064 nm infrared source in a monolithic single-mode photonic crystal fibre with a tapered section in one end.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Witkowska
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Leon-Saval
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Birks
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Wadsworth