Sub-two-cycle soliton-effect pulse compression at 800 nm in photonic crystal fibers

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2007

Authors

Marco V Tognetti (Author) Other; Helder M Crespo (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Vol. 24

Pages: 1410-1415

ISSN: 0740-3224

Publisher: Optical Society of America

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Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Physical sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-004-9W1

DOI: 10.1364/josab.24.001410

Abstract (EN): The possibility of soliton self-compression of ultrashort laser pulses down to the few-cycle regime in photonic crystal fibers is numerically investigated. We show that efficient sub-two-cycle temporal compression of nanojoule-level 800 nm pulses can be achieved by employing short (typically 5 mm long) commercially available photonic crystal fibers and pulse durations of around 100 fs, regardless of initial linear chirp, and without the need of additional dispersion compensation techniques. We envision applications in a new generation of compact and efficient sub-two cycle laser pulse sources. (C) 2007 Optical Society of America

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6