Abstract
Photonic-molecule modes of a cobweb-microstructure fiber allow efficient nonlinear optical spectral broadening of nanojoule femtosecond light pulses. Spectral widths of approximately 200 nm are achieved at the output of a 6-cm sample of such a fiber for 40-fs Ti:sapphire laser pulses with an energy of a few nanojoules coupled into photonic-molecule modes. Higher values of the group index and a lower group-velocity dispersion, attainable with higher-order photonic-molecule modes, allow the efficiency of spectral broadening of femtosecond laser pulses to be increased relative to the efficiency of spectral broadening in the fundamental photonic-molecule mode.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 621-627 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue number | 6-7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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