• DocumentCode
    732858
  • 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
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183295
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=732858