Abstract
We report a novel scheme for the generation of dense clusters of Raman sidebands. The scheme uses a broadband-guiding hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (HC-PCF) filled with a mixture of , , and Xe for efficient interaction between the gas mixture and a green laser pump pulse (532 nm, 1 ns) of only 5 μJ of energy. This results in the generation from noise of more than 135 rovibrational Raman sidebands covering the visible spectral region with an average spacing of only 2.2 THz. Such a spectrally dense and compact fiber-based source is ideal for applications where closely spaced narrow-band laser lines with high spectral power density are required, such as in spectroscopy and sensing. When the HC-PCF is filled with a mixture, the Raman comb spans the spectral region from the deep UV (280 nm) to the near infrared (1000 nm).
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Pooria Hosseini, Amir Abdolvand, and Philip St.J. Russell, "Generation of spectral clusters in a mixture of noble and Raman-active gases: publisher’s note," Opt. Lett. 42, 522-522 (2017)https://opg.optica.org/ol/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-42-3-522
29 November 2016: A correction was made to the final paragraph on p. 5546.
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