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 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-004-1412-y)

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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.

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McConnell, G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7213-0686 and Riis, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3225-5302;
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