Coherent Raman Interaction in Gas-Filled Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibers [Elektronische Ressource] / Amir Abdolvand. Betreuer: Philip St.J. Russell
Coherent Raman Interaction in Gas-Filled Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibers Kohärente Raman-Wechselwirkung in gas-gefüllten Hohlkernfasern Der Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades Dr. rer. nat. vorgelegt von Amir Abdolvand aus Shiraz (Iran) Als Dissertation genehmigt von der Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 25.07.2011 Vorsitzender der Promotionskommission: Prof. Dr. Rainer Fink Erstberichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Philip St.J. Russell Zweitberichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Curtis Menyuk Drittberichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Florian Marquardt Abstract In this thesis I study coherent light-matter interactions via stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in a gas-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (HC-PCF). The HC-PCF constitutes the foundation of the experimental results presented in this thesis, as without its unique properties realization of these experiments would not have been possible. These unique properties include tight confinement of laser light and matter in the small core of the fiber, which leads to extremely high conversion efficiencies in the SRS, and spectral filtering of unwanted nonlinear waves. This setup creates a clean system of two optical fields interacting via Raman medium inside the core of the fiber.