Title :
Generation of femtosecond pulses at 1350 nm by Cherenkov radiation in higher-order-mode fiber
Author :
Lee, Jennifer H. ; Van Howe, James ; Xu, Chris ; Ramachandran, Siddharth ; Ghalmi, Samir ; Yan, Man F.
Author_Institution :
Cornell Univ., Ithaca
Abstract :
We demonstrate a method of generating femtosecond pulses at 1350 nm by exciting Cherenkov radiation in a higher-order-mode fiber with a 1064 nm source. We measure a 134 fs, 0.66 nJ output pulse.
Keywords :
Cherenkov radiation; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; Cherenkov radiation; femtosecond pulses generation; higher order mode fiber; time 134 fs; wavelength 1064 nm; wavelength 1350 nm; Autocorrelation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Solitons; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348723
