Photonics Research, Volume. 3, Issue 5, 210(2015)

Multicolored sideband generation based on cascaded four-wave mixing with the assistance of spectral broadening in multiple thin plates

Peng Wang1, Jun Liu1,2、*, Fangjia Li1, Xiong Shen1, and Ruxin Li1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2IFSA Collaborative Innovation Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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    Category: Nonlinear Optics

    Received: Jun. 16, 2015

    Accepted: Jul. 14, 2015

    Published Online: Jan. 6, 2016

    The Author Email: Jun Liu (jliu@siom.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/prj.3.000210

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