Title :
Low loss Kagome hollow-core photonic crystal fiber for high power fast laser beam transportation and pulse compression
Author :
Wang, Y.Y. ; Peng, Xiang ; Alharbi, M. ; Dutin, C. Fourcade ; Bradley, T.D. ; Mielke, Michael ; Booth, Timothy ; Benabid, F.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Univ. of Bath, Bath, UK
Abstract :
A Kagome hollow-core PCF with a record loss of 40dB/km is used to deliver 74μJ and 850fs laser pulse with little propagation pulse-distortion, and to compress a 105μJ laser pulse from 900fs to 300fs.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; holey fibres; laser beams; optical distortion; optical fibre losses; optical pulse compression; photonic crystals; Kagome hollow-core PCF; energy 105 muJ; energy 74 muJ; high power fast laser beam transportation; laser pulse; low loss Kagome hollow-core photonic crystal fiber; propagation pulse-distortion; pulse compression; time 900 fs to 300 fs; Laser beams; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical pulse compression;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
