Title :
Fiber-optic Cherenkov radiation in the few-cycle regime
Author :
Chang, Guoqing ; Chen, Li-Jin ; Kärtner, Franz X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate (both theoretically and experimentally) that fiber-optic Cherenkov radiation in the few-cycle regime exhibits three unique features absent when pumped with long pulses: continuum generation, high conversion-efficiency (up to 40%). and broad bandwidth (70-nm).
Keywords :
Cherenkov radiation; holey fibres; optical fibre dispersion; optical solitons; photonic crystals; broad bandwidth pulses; continuum generation; conversion efficiency; few-cycle regime; fiber-optic Cherenkov radiation; photonic crystal fiber dispersion; Bandwidth; Coherence; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Optical fiber dispersion; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
