Improving efficiency of supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers by direct degenerate four-wave-mixing

The efficiency of supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers is significantly improved by designing the dispersion to allow widely separated spectral lines generated by degenerate four-wave-mixing directly from the pump to broaden and merge.

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