Title :
Compression of megawatt optical pulses in a Xe-filled hollow-core photonic band-gap fiber
Author :
Ouzounov, Dimitre G. ; Caeta, A.L. ; Venkataraman, Natesan ; Gallagher, Michael T. ; Koch, Karl W.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We used a hollow-core photonic band-gap fiber filled with Xe to perform soliton-compression and to generate higher-order solitons. We find that the large third-order dispersion limits the optimal compression ratio.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical solitons; photonic band gap; xenon; Xe; higher-order soliton; megawatt optical pulse compression; optimal compression ratio; soliton-compression; third-order dispersion; xenon-filled hollow-core photonic band-gap fiber; Autocorrelation; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Optical solitons; Photonic band gap; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201718
