First demonstration of high harmonic generation (HHG) in a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber

Author

Heckl, O.H. ; Baer, C.R.E. ; Kränkel, C. ; Marchese, S.V. ; Schapper, F. ; Holler, M. ; Südmeyer, T. ; Keller, U. ; Robinson, J.S. ; Tisch, J.W.G. ; Couny, F. ; Light, P. ; Benabid, F. ; Russell, P. St J

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We report the first HHG in a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. We generate the 7^th-13^th harmonic of ap800 nm in xenon. The extremely low threshold of 0.4 muJ would be achievable by multimegahertz solid-state lasers.

Keywords

aluminium compounds; holey fibres; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; photonic crystals; solid lasers; titanium compounds; xenon; Al₂O₃:Ti; Xe; high harmonic generation; hollow-core photonic crystal fiber; multimegahertz solid-state laser; xenon; Face detection; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Photonic crystal fibers; Pulse amplifiers; Xenon; (190.2620) Harmonic generation and mixing; (230.5298) Photonic crystals;

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

5225680