Sub 100-fs Pulse Compression in a Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber (HC-PCF)

Florian Emaury (1) , Coralie Fourcade Dutin (2, 3) , Clara Saraceno (1) , Olivier Heckl (1) , Y. Wang (3, 2) , Cinia Schriber (1) , C. Baer (1) , T. Südmeyer (1) , Fetah A. Benabid (3, 2) , U. Keller (1)

1 Institute of Quantum Electronics
2 XLIM-PHOTONIQUE - PHOTONIQUE
3 University of Bath [Bath]

We spectrally broaden 860 fs pulses from a 5.1-W, 3.9-MHz thin-disk laser in a 3.15 m long Xe-filled HC-PCF. After compression, we achieve 3.1-W in sub100-fs pulses at a peak power exceeding 5 MW.

Domaines: Optique / photonique

Florian Emaury, Coralie Fourcade Dutin, Clara Saraceno, Olivier Heckl, Y. Wang, et al.. Sub 100-fs Pulse Compression in a Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber (HC-PCF). Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2012, Optical Society of America, May 2012, San Jose, United States. pp.CTh4B.3., ⟨10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CTh4B.3⟩. ⟨hal-00924897⟩