DocumentCode
2783499
Title
Spectral broadening of femtosecond laser pulses using a hollow fiber with symmetric pressure gradient
Author
Bohman, S. ; Kaku, M. ; Suda, A. ; Yamaguchi, S. ; Midorikawa, K.
fYear
2007
fDate
6-11 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We propose and demonstrate a pulse compression technique using a symmetric pressure-gradient hollow fiber. This technique improves the spatial and spectral qualities of multi-mJ femtosecond laser pulses spectrally-broadened by self-phase modulation.
Keywords
Fiber lasers; Gas lasers; Laser beams; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431083
Filename
4431083
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