Spectral narrowing of chirp-free light pulses in anomalously dispersive, highly nonlinear photonic-crystal fibers

D A Sidorov-Biryukov; A Fernandez; L Zhu; A Pugzlys; E E Serebryannikov; A Baltuska; A M Zheltikov

doi:10.1364/oe.16.002502

Spectral narrowing of chirp-free light pulses in anomalously dispersive, highly nonlinear photonic-crystal fibers

Opt Express. 2008 Feb 18;16(4):2502-7. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.002502.

Authors

D A Sidorov-Biryukov¹, A Fernandez, L Zhu, A Pugzlys, E E Serebryannikov, A Baltuska, A M Zheltikov

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Photonics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.

PMID: 18542329
DOI: 10.1364/oe.16.002502

Abstract

Spectral narrowing of nearly chirp-free 50-fs pulses delivered by a diode-pumped ytterbium solid-state laser (Yb DPSSL) is experimentally demonstrated using an anomalously dispersive, highly nonlinear photonic-crystal fiber (PCF). The ratio of spectral narrowing and the accompanying temporal pulse broadening are controlled by the peak power of Yb DPSSL pulses at the input of the fiber.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't