FIRST EXPERIMENTALLY OBSERVED SELF-ORGANIZED PARAMETRIC DOWN CONVERSION IN OPTICAL FIBERS
P. Chmela, O. Samek and M. Minarcak
Institute of Physical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 2, 616 69 Brno, Czech Republic
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The theoretically predicted self-organized parametric down conversion (the amplification of fundamental radiation on account of the energy of second-harmonic radiation) in doped optical fibers was experimentally demonstrated for the first time and a weak permanent second-order susceptibility grating in the conditioned fiber was identified.
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.99.125
PACS numbers: 42.65.Ky, 42.81.Qb