Multi-meter fiber-delivery and compression of milli-Joule femtosecond laser and fiber-aided micromachining

Benoît Debord (1) , Madhoussoudhana Dontabactouny (1) , Meshaal Alharbi (1) , Coralie Fourcade Dutin (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]

10 meter-long Kagome HC-PCF were used to deliver mJ Yb-laser pulses and 600 fs pulse-width in single-mode fashion. Self-compression to ~50fs, and intensity-level nearing petawatt/cm2 were achieved. Free focusing-optics laser-micromachining is demonstrated on different materials.

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]; Optique / photonique

Benoît Debord, Madhoussoudhana Dontabactouny, Meshaal Alharbi, Coralie Fourcade Dutin, Clemens Hönninger, et al.. Multi-meter fiber-delivery and compression of milli-Joule femtosecond laser and fiber-aided micromachining. ASSL - Advanced Solid-State Lasers 2013, Optical Society of America, Oct 2013, Paris, France. pp.ATh1A.6, ⟨10.1364/ASSL.2013.ATh1A.6⟩. ⟨hal-00924177⟩