Growth of third-harmonic signal in optical glass fibre

18 January 1990

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 26 (2) , 103-104
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19900071

Abstract

Rapid growth with time of the third-harmonic signal in optical glass fibres, illuminated with 10 kW peak power pulses from a Nd: YAG laser, has been observed. Broadband fluorescence from the third-harmonic signal around 420 nm was also detected.

Keywords

LASER PULSE ILLUMINATION
420 NM
THIRD-HARMONIC SIGNAL
NONLINEAR OPTICS
10 KW
OPTICAL GLASS FIBRE