DocumentCode
2230784
Title
Temporal pulse compression in a Xe-filled Kagome-type hollow-core photonic crystal fiber at high average power
Author
Heckl, O.H. ; Saraceno, C.J. ; Baer, C.R.E. ; Südmeyer, T. ; Cheng, Y. ; Wang, Y.Y. ; Benabid, F. ; Keller, U.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
fYear
2011
fDate
1-6 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We spectrally broaden 1-ps pulses from a 14.3-W, 10.6-MHz thin-disk laser in a 30.5-cm long Xe-filled HC-PCF. After compression, we achieve 9.1-W in 470-fs pulses (63% overall efficiency). No depolarization or damage is observed.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; holey fibres; optical pulse compression; photonic crystals; spectral line broadening; xenon; Xe; Xe-filled Kagome-type hollow-core photonic crystal fiber; frequency 10.6 MHz; power 14.3 W; power 9.1 W; size 30.5 cm; spectral broadening; temporal pulse compression; thin-disk laser; time 470 fs; Fiber lasers; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse compression; Ultrafast optics;
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
5950256
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