In Situ Fabrication of Far-Detuned Optical Fiber Wavelength Converters

We demonstrate an in situ approach for the fabrication of all-fiber wavelength converters with a wavelength offset that is both far-detuned and precisely engineered. Such wavelength converters are fabricated using the parametric gain of A(2)Se(3) microwires and finely tuned from successive adjustments of microwire diameter along with real-time monitoring. Wavelength conversion is achieved from a pump at a wavelength of 1.938 mu m to any far-detuned idler within the spectral range of 2.347-2.481 mu m, resulting in a detuning of 27.0-33.9 THz with a wavelength offset precision within 3.1 THz. (C) 2019 Optical Society of America