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Ultra-short pulse compression using photonic crystal fibre

McConnell, G. and Riis, E. (2004) Ultra-short pulse compression using photonic crystal fibre. Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 78 (5). pp. 557-563. ISSN 0946-2171

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Abstract

A short section of photonic crystal fibre has been used for ultra-short pulse compression. The unique optical properties of this novel medium in terms of high non-linearity and relatively small group velocity dispersion are shown to provide an ideal platform for the standard fibre pulse compression technique used directly on the nano-Joule output pulses from a commercial laser system. We report an order of magnitude reduction of the pulse width to 25 fs FWHM but predict a substantially improved performance with a dedicated fibre design. Good agreement is obtained with a simple model for the spectral broadening in the fibre.

Item type: Article
ID code: 42
Keywords: photonics, optics, lasers, crystals, ultra-short pulse compression, Optics. Light, Physics and Astronomy(all), Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Subjects: Science > Physics > Optics. Light
Department: Faculty of Science > Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Faculty of Science > Physics
Depositing user: Miss Jacqueline Miller
Date deposited: 09 Dec 2005
Last modified: 22 Sep 2017 23:21
URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/42
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