• DocumentCode
    2159478
  • Title

    Microjoule supercontinuum generation by stretched megawatt femtosecond laser pulses in a large-mode-area photonic-crystal fiber

  • Author

    Mitrofanov, A.V. ; Ivanov, A.A. ; Alfimov, M.V. ; Podshivalov, A.A. ; Zheltikov, A.M.

  • Author_Institution
    M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State Univ., Moscow
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    17-22 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    In this work, we demonstrate microjoule supercontinuum generation using an LMA PCF with a mode area of 380 mum2 pumped by an amplified stretched-pulse output of a mode-locked Cr: forsterite laser with a peak power of a few megawatts.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; holey fibres; laser mode locking; laser modes; optical fibres; optical materials; optical pumping; photonic crystals; solid lasers; supercontinuum generation; LMA PCF; amplified stretched-pulse; femtosecond laser pulse; large-mode-area photonic-crystal fiber; microjoule supercontinuum generation; mode-locked Cr: forsterite laser; Chromium; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Photonic crystal fibers; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Supercontinuum generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0931-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0931-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386332
  • Filename
    4386332