Sub-two cycle pulse generation with all normal dispersion photonic crystal fiber and linear chirp compensation

Author

Rothhardt, J. ; Heidt, A. ; Hartung, A. ; Bartelt, H. ; Rohwer, E. ; Limpert, J. ; Tünnermann, A.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Appl. Phys., Friedrich Schiller Univ. Jena, Jena, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

22-26 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this contribution we present a novel pulse compression scheme based on PCF with normal group velocity dispersion at all wavelengths. Consequently, supercontinuum generation in such fibers is dominated by self phase modulation and optical wave breaking and not distorted by soliton generation and fission. The generated continua are highly coherent, preserve a single pulse in the time domain, provide a smooth spectral intensity and phase and are therefore well suited for pulse compression to few-cycle durations.

Keywords

optical dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; photonic crystals; self-phase modulation; supercontinuum generation; all normal dispersion photonic crystal fiber; fission; linear chirp compensation; normal group velocity dispersion; optical wave breaking; pulse compression scheme; self phase modulation; soliton generation; sub-two cycle pulse generation; supercontinuum generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0533-5

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942882

Filename

5942882