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.
Author_Institution :
RIKEN, Saitama
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 :
high-speed optical techniques; optical fibres; optical pulse compression; self-phase modulation; spectral line broadening; femtosecond laser pulses; hollow fiber; pulse compression; self-phase modulation; spectral broadening; symmetric pressure gradient; Fiber lasers; Gas lasers; Laser beams; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453306
