Title :
High energy pulse compression regimes in hypocycloid-core kagome hollow-core photonic crystal fibers
Author :
Debord, B. ; Gerome, F. ; Alharbi, M. ; Honninger, Clemens ; Mottay, Eric ; Husakou, A. ; Benabid, F.
Author_Institution :
Xlim Res. Inst., Univ. of Limoges, Limoges, France
Abstract :
Strong self-compression of high energy femtosecond laser pulses was experimentally obtained in several hypocycloid-core kagome fibers and under different regimes. By tailoring the fiber properties, the maximum compression-ratio was scaled over 100-600 μJ pulse energies.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; holey fibres; optical pulse compression; photonic crystals; fiber properties; high energy femtosecond laser pulses; high energy pulse compression regimes; hollow-core photonic crystal fibers; hypocycloid-core kagome fibers; maximum compression-ratio; pulse energies; self-compression; Fiber lasers; Ionization; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Solitons; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
