Title :
Two schemes for pulse compression in gas-filled kagomé-PCF
Author :
Ka Fai Mak ; Travers, J.C. ; Joly, N.Y. ; Abdolvand, A. ; Russell, Philip St.J
Author_Institution :
Max Planck Inst. for the Sci. of Light, Erlangen, Germany
Abstract :
Two schemes for multi-μJ pulse compression in noble-gas-filled hollow-core kagomé-PCF are demonstrated and compared. A fiber-plus-chirped-mirror combination compresses 150 fs, 9.5 μJ pulses to 26 fs, and soliton-effect compression produces sub 7 fs pulses.
Keywords :
holey fibres; mirrors; optical pulse compression; optical solitons; photonic crystals; energy 9.5 muJ; fiber-plus-chirped-mirror; kagome-style hollow-core photonic crystal fiber; noble-gas-filled hollow-core kagome-PCF; pulse compression; soliton-effect compression; time 150 fs to 26 fs; Chirp; Fiber lasers; Numerical simulation; Optical fiber dispersion; Photonic crystal fibers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
