Title :
Mid-IR filamentation in dielectrics: 3-Octave-spanning supercontinuum generation and sub-2-cycle self-compression
Author :
Houkun Liang ; Krogen, Peter ; Grynko, Ross ; Novak, Ondrej ; Chun-Lin Chang ; Stein, Gregory J. ; Weerawarne, Darshana ; Bonggu Shim ; Kartner, Franz X. ; Kyung-Han Hong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We report on 3-octave supercontinuum generation from ZnS in the normal dispersion regime and self-compression of mid-IR pulses to sub-2-cycle in CaF2 in the anomalous dispersion regime. Temporal characterization shows good agreement with 3D simulations.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; calcium compounds; optical pulse compression; supercontinuum generation; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; 3-octave-spanning supercontinuum generation; CaF2; ZnS; dielectrics; mid-IR filamentation; normal dispersion regime; sub-2-cycle self-compression; temporal characterization; Dielectrics; Dispersion; II-VI semiconductor materials; Optical fiber amplifiers; Supercontinuum generation; Zinc compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA