Title :
The impact of nonlinearity during femtosecond pulse compression in fibers on continuum coherence
Author :
Nicholson, J.W. ; Yablon, A.D. ; Yan, M.F. ; Wisk, P. ; Fleming, J. ; Monberg, E. ; DiMarcello, F. ; Bise, R. ; Trevor, D.J. ; Alonzo, J. ; Stockert, T.
Author_Institution :
OFS Labs., Somerset, NJ
Abstract :
Amplified erbium-fiber-laser pulses compressed in large-mode-area fiber show significantly reduced nonlinearity compared to standard-single-mode fiber. Consequently, supercontinuum generated with the pulses compressed in large-mode-area fiber show a 10 dB increase in cross-coherence fringe visibility.
Keywords :
light coherence; optical pulse compression; supercontinuum generation; amplified erbium-fiber-laser pulses; continuum coherence; cross-coherence fringe visibility; femtosecond pulse compression; large-mode-area fiber; standard-single-mode fiber; supercontinuum generation; Fusion power generation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Satellites; Space vector pulse width modulation; Supercontinuum generation; Ultrafast optics; (060.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (060.5530) Pulse propagation and temporal solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
