Title :
Spectral broadening of femtosecond laser pulses using a hollow fiber with symmetric pressure gradient
Author :
Bohman, S. ; Kaku, M. ; Suda, A. ; Yamaguchi, S. ; Midorikawa, K.
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate a pulse compression technique using a symmetric pressure-gradient hollow fiber. This technique improves the spatial and spectral qualities of multi-mJ femtosecond laser pulses spectrally-broadened by self-phase modulation.
Keywords :
Fiber lasers; Gas lasers; Laser beams; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431083
