2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/229537We present a theoretical model and respective numerical simulation of cascaded four-wave mixing of femtosecond pulses in bulk chi(3) media, evidencing the importance of two-dimensional interaction geometries in the efficient generation of frequency-converted beams, and in agreement with the experimental results in terms spectral and spatial distribution and efficiency, demonstrating compression without the need of complex amplitude or phase control.12 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Optics LettersOpticsOctave spanning spectra and pulse compression by nondegenerate cascaded four-wave mixing: 2D simulation and experimenttext