Milli-Joule femtosecond laser-pulse delivery and compression in hypocycloid core Kagome HC-PCF

Coralie Fourcade Dutin (1) , Benoît Debord (1) , Madhoussoudhana Dontabactouny (1) , Clemens Hönninger (2) , Eric Mottay (2) , Luca Vincetti (3) , Frédéric Gérôme (1) , Fetah A. Benabid (1)

1 XLIM-PHOTONIQUE - PHOTONIQUE
2 Amplitude Systèmes
3 Department of Information Engineering [Modena]

Milli-Joule energy and 600-femtosecond Yb-laser pulses were delivered in several meter Kagome hollow-core-photonic-crystal-fibers in robustly single-mode fashion. Self-compression to 50fs, and intensity-level of petawatt/cm2 were achieved. Free focusing-optics laser-micromachining is demonstrated.

Domaines: Optique / photonique

Coralie Fourcade Dutin, Benoît Debord, Madhoussoudhana Dontabactouny, Clemens Hönninger, Eric Mottay, et al.. Milli-Joule femtosecond laser-pulse delivery and compression in hypocycloid core Kagome HC-PCF. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2013, Optical Society of America, Jun 2013, San Jose, United States. pp.CTh5C.7, Post-dealine, ⟨10.1364/CLEO_SI.2013.CTh5C.7⟩. ⟨hal-00924065⟩