Title :
Low-threshold supercontinuum generation from a compact Cr/sup 4+/:YAG-laser using a soft-glass extruded PCF
Author :
Sorokin, Evgeni ; Naumov, Sergei ; Kalashnikov, Vladimir L. ; Sorokina, Irina T. ; Kumar, V. V Ravi Kanth ; George, A.K. ; Knight, J.C. ; Russell, P. St J
Author_Institution :
Inst. fuer Photonik, Technische Univ. Wien, Vienna, Austria
Abstract :
Supercontinuum and third-harmonic generation in two different high-n/sub 2/ extruded photonic crystal fibers was achieved at pulse energies of only 40 pJ, using a compact 60 fs mode-locked Cr/sup 4+/:YAG laser, and studied both, experimentally and theoretically.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical harmonic generation; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; 40 pJ; 60 fs; YAG:Cr/sup 4+/; YAl5O12:Cr; photonic crystal fibers; pulse energies; soft-glass extruded PCF; supercontinuum generation; third-harmonic generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
