• DocumentCode
    448211
  • Title

    Routes to all-fiber format femtosecond compression in microstructured fibers around 1μm

  • Author

    Kennedy, R.E. ; Rulkov, A.B. ; Popov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Femtosecond Opt. Group, Imperial Coll., UK
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1234
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate approaches to all-fibre pulse compression of ps Yb-fibre lasers by using solid and air-core microstructured fibers. Pulse durations of 100 fs, tunability from 1113-1220 nm and peak powers of up to 60 kW are obtained.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; optical pulse compression; ytterbium; 100 fs; 1113 to 1220 nm; Yb-fibre laser; air-core microstructured fiber; all-fiber format femtosecond compression; all-fibre pulse compression; solid microstructured fiber; Fiber lasers; Holey fibers; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Photonic crystal fibers; Polarization; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Solitons; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202083
  • Filename
    1573149