High-energy, high-power, near- and mid-IR picosecond pulses generated by a fiber-MOPA-pumped optical parametric generator and amplifier
High-energy, high-power, near- and mid-IR picosecond pulses generated by a fiber-MOPA-pumped optical parametric generator and amplifier
Step-index optical fibers are widely used waveguides for light transmission. However, non-linear effects are always a severe challenge for optical fibers with increasing power level. This challenge is more severe at shorter wavelengths, where core size has to be much smaller in order to maintain a single mode operation. For an example, for 0.005 core refractive index with respect to cladding, a 10µm core diameter can ensure single mode operation at 1550nm. On other hand, core diameter has to be ~4µm and ~2µm at λ=632nm and 300nm respectively for single mode operation. At these shorter wavelengths, photonic crystal fiber (PCF) and hollow core photonic bandgap fiber (HC-PBGF) have been proposed to address non-linear effects by offering large core diameter and air-core respectively. However, such fibers are relatively difficult to fabricate. Moreover, presence of air-holes causes considerable difficulties in cleaving and splicing.
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Chan, H.-Y.
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Alam, S.U.
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Richardson, D.J.
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Chan, H.-Y.
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Alam, S.U.
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Richardson, D.J.
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Xu, L., Chan, H.-Y., Alam, S.U., Richardson, D.J. and Shepherd, D.P.
(2015)
High-energy, high-power, near- and mid-IR picosecond pulses generated by a fiber-MOPA-pumped optical parametric generator and amplifier.
CLEO/Europe-EQEC '15, Munich, Munich, Germany.
21 - 25 Jun 2015.
1 pp
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Abstract
Step-index optical fibers are widely used waveguides for light transmission. However, non-linear effects are always a severe challenge for optical fibers with increasing power level. This challenge is more severe at shorter wavelengths, where core size has to be much smaller in order to maintain a single mode operation. For an example, for 0.005 core refractive index with respect to cladding, a 10µm core diameter can ensure single mode operation at 1550nm. On other hand, core diameter has to be ~4µm and ~2µm at λ=632nm and 300nm respectively for single mode operation. At these shorter wavelengths, photonic crystal fiber (PCF) and hollow core photonic bandgap fiber (HC-PBGF) have been proposed to address non-linear effects by offering large core diameter and air-core respectively. However, such fibers are relatively difficult to fabricate. Moreover, presence of air-holes causes considerable difficulties in cleaving and splicing.
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e-pub ahead of print date: June 2015
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CLEO/Europe-EQEC '15, Munich, Munich, Germany, 2015-06-21 - 2015-06-25
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Optoelectronics Research Centre
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S.U. Alam
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D.P. Shepherd
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