A chirped photonic crystal fiber for high-fidelity guiding of sub-100 fs pluses

Author

Skibina, Julia S. ; Iliew, Rumen ; Bethge, Jens ; Bock, Martin ; Fischer, Dorit ; Beloglasov, Valentin I. ; Wedell, Reiner ; Burger, Sven ; Steinmeyer, Günter

Author_Institution

Saratov State Univ., Saratov, Russia

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate a novel photonic-crystal fiber architecture that breaks with the paradigm of lattice homogeneity and enables a new degree of freedom in photonic-crystal-fiber design. We experimentally demonstrate guiding of ap20-fs pulses over meter distance.

Keywords

chirp modulation; finite element analysis; high-speed optical techniques; holey fibres; laser beams; optical design techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical materials; photonic crystals; self-phase modulation; HCF dispersion property; PCF design; chirped photonic crystal fiber; finite-element method; lattice homogeneity paradigm; self-phase modulation; time 100 fs; ultrafast laser pulse; Chirp; Geometrical optics; Glass; Optical losses; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Photonic crystal fibers; Pulse measurements; Resonance; Ultrafast optics; (060.5295) Photonic crystal fibers; (320.7140) Ultrafast processes in fibers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225536