Title :
Compression of high energy ultrashort laser pulses in hollow planar waveguides
Author :
Akturk, Selcuk ; Arnold, Cord ; Zhou, Bing ; Couairon, Arnaud ; Franco, Michel ; Mysyrowicz, Andre
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´´Opt. Appl., Ecole Nat. Super. des Tech. Av.-Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate that high energy ultrashort pulses can be compressed through self-phase-modulation in hollow planar waveguides. The beam is guided in one transverse dimension and propagates free in other, allowing scalability to higher energies.
Keywords :
optical planar waveguides; optical pulse compression; self-phase modulation; high-energy ultrashort laser pulse compression; hollow planar waveguide; self-phase-modulation; Chirp; Hollow waveguides; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Waveguide lasers; (320.5520) Pulse compression; (320.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
