• DocumentCode
    2238089
  • Title

    Generation of ultrahigh-power supercontinua and self-compressed single-cycle pulses in metal-dielectric hollow waveguides

  • Author

    Husakou, A. ; Herrmann, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Max Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We investigate a novel approach for ultrahigh-power soliton-induced supercontinuum generation based on argon-filled metal-dielectric hollow waveguides and predict the generation of MW/nm spectral power densities with ~0.1 mJ energy and self-compressed isolated 1.7-fs pulses.
  • Keywords
    optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; optical waveguides; supercontinuum generation; argon-filled metal-dielectric hollow waveguides; energy 0.1 mJ; pulse isolation; self-compressed single-cycle pulse generation; spectral power densities; time 1.7 fs; ultrahigh-power soliton; ultrahigh-power supercontinuum generation; Argon; Dielectric losses; Hollow waveguides; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical waveguides; Power generation; Pulse generation; Solitons; Supercontinuum generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4571535