• DocumentCode
    1771382
  • Title

    Multi-mw soliton pulse generation at 1700 nm in a photonic crystal rod

  • Author

    Horton, Nicholas G. ; Charan, Kriti ; Ouzounov, Dimitre G. ; Xu, Changsheng

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate tunable soliton generation in excess of 3 MW peak power in the 1,700 nm spectral region using a solid-core photonic crystal rod pumped by a compact femtosecond fiber source. This system can potentially be used for in vivo deep tissue multiphoton microscopy.
  • Keywords
    biomedical optical imaging; holey fibres; multiphoton processes; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; optical solitons; optical tuning; photonic crystals; compact femtosecond fiber source; in vivo deep tissue multiphoton microscopy; multi-mw soliton pulse generation; optical pumping; power 3 MW; solid-core photonic crystal rod; tunable soliton pulse generation; wavelength 1700 nm; Microscopy; Optical fibers; Optical microscopy; Solitons; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989405