RESONANTLY ENHANCED NONLINEARITY USING STIMULATED DOWN-PUMPING IN NEODYMIUM-DOPED TWIN-CORE FIBER

Authors
ARKWRIGHT J WU B SKINNER I CHU P
Citation
J. Arkwright et al., RESONANTLY ENHANCED NONLINEARITY USING STIMULATED DOWN-PUMPING IN NEODYMIUM-DOPED TWIN-CORE FIBER, Electronics Letters, 30(3), 1994, pp. 235-236
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
30
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
235 - 236
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1994)30:3<235:RENUSD>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Preliminary observations and measurements of increased relaxation spee ds in resonantly enhanced nonlinear systems are demonstrated. The effe ct is observed using a neodymium-doped twin-core fibre interferometer, and uses stimulated down-pumping of the F-4(3/2) metastable state in neodymium. The relaxation time has been reduced from approximately 390 mus to less than 120 mus, and it is shown that the reduction is depen dent on the power of the down-pumping source.