• DocumentCode
    2230826
  • Title

    Nonlinear optics in gas-filled HC-PCF in the plasma regime

  • Author

    Hölzer, P. ; Chang, W. ; Nold, J. ; Travers, J.C. ; Nazarkin, A. ; Joly, N.Y. ; Russell, P. St J

  • Author_Institution
    Max Planck Inst. for the Sci. of Light, Erlangen, Germany
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Laser-driven ionization in Ar-filled HC-PCF is accessed through self-compression of few-microjoule pulses. Modeling confirms that the observed blue-shifted spectral bands are caused by light-plasma interactions over an extended length in the fiber.
  • Keywords
    argon; holey fibres; nonlinear optics; optical pulse compression; photonic crystals; spectral line shift; blue-shifted spectral bands; gas-filled HC-PCF; laser-driven ionization; light-plasma interactions; microjoule pulse compression; nonlinear optics; photonic crystal fibers; Ionization; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Plasma measurements; Plasmas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950258