We demonstrate a stable passive Q-switched fiber laser operating at 1560 nm. To realize pulsing generation, a piece of rose gold as a saturable absorber. The self-started Q-switching operation presence from 35 mW and stable until 142 mW pump power. By increasing the pump power to maximum level, generated pulse train has a maximum repetition rate of 89.89 kHz and short pulse width of 2.64 μs with a pulse energy of 103.08 nJ. The maximum output power is 8.56 mW. The obtained pulse is stable with a signal-to-noise ratio of 69 dB at 35 mW pump level.
UV generation via four-wave-mixing (FWM) in optical microfibres (OMFs) was demonstrated. This was achieved by exploiting the tailorable dispersion of the OMF in order to phase match the propagation constant of the four frequencies involved in the FWM process. In order to satisfy the frequency requirement for FWM, a Master Oscillator Power Amplifier (MOPA) working at the telecom C-band was connected to a periodically poled silica fibre (PPSF), producing a fundamental frequency (FF) at 1550.3 nm and a second harmonic (SH) frequency at 775.2 nm. A by-product of this second harmonic generation is the generation of a signal at the third harmonic (TH) frequency of 516.7 nm via degenerate FWM. This then allows the generation of the fourth harmonic (FH) at 387.6 nm and the fifth harmonic (5H) at 310nm via degenerate and nondegenerate FWM in the OMF.The output of the PPSF was connected to a pure silica core fibre which was being tapered using the modified flame brushing technique from an initial diameter of 125 μm to 0.5 μm. While no signal at any UV wavelength was initially observed, as the OMF diameter reached the correct phase matching diameters, signals at 387.6 nm appeared. Signals at 310 nm also appeared although it is not phase matched, as the small difference in the propagation constant is bridged by other nonlinear processes such as self-phase and cross phase modulation.
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