Title :
High brightness polychromatic visible generation in photonic crystal fibers with picosecond Yb pumping
Author :
Travers, J.C. ; Rulkov, A.B. ; Popov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll., London, UK
Abstract :
Pumping of highly-nonlinear microstructured fibers with zero-dispersion around the pump wavelength with kW peak-power picosecond Yb-fiber laser allowed polychromatic picosecond operation down to 525 nm. Methods of extension of operation further to the blue are proposed.
Keywords :
brightness; fibre lasers; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; ytterbium; Yb; brightness; highly-nonlinear microstructured fiber; photonic crystal fiber; picosecond Yb pumping; picosecond Yb-fiber laser; polychromatic visible generation; zero-dispersion; Brightness; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Photonic crystal fibers; Power generation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202081
