Title :
Generation of ultrahigh-power supercontinua and self-compressed single-cycle pulses in metal-dielectric hollow waveguides
Author :
Husakou, A. ; Herrmann, J.
Author_Institution :
Max Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin
Abstract :
We investigate a novel approach for ultrahigh-power soliton-induced supercontinuum generation based on argon-filled metal-dielectric hollow waveguides and predict the generation of MW/nm spectral power densities with ~0.1 mJ energy and self-compressed isolated 1.7-fs pulses.
Keywords :
optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; optical waveguides; supercontinuum generation; argon-filled metal-dielectric hollow waveguides; energy 0.1 mJ; pulse isolation; self-compressed single-cycle pulse generation; spectral power densities; time 1.7 fs; ultrahigh-power soliton; ultrahigh-power supercontinuum generation; Argon; Dielectric losses; Hollow waveguides; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical waveguides; Power generation; Pulse generation; Solitons; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
