Nonlinear propagation of high-power, sub-100-fs pulses near the zero-dispersion wavelength of an optical fiber

VP Yanovsky, FW Wise - Optics letters, 1994 - opg.optica.org
The propagation of high-peak-power (> 10-kW) sub-100-fs pulses near the zero-dispersion
wavelength of an optical fiber was studied experimentally. Four-photon mixing and …

High-power femtosecond-pulse reshaping near the zero-dispersion wavelength of an optical fiber

G Boyer - Optics letters, 1999 - opg.optica.org
Nonlinear propagation of high-power femtosecond pulses close to the zero-dispersion
wavelength of a single-mode optical fiber is studied experimentally and numerically. The …

Special narrowing of ultrashort laser pulses by self‐phase modulation in optical fibers

M Oberthaler, RA Höpfel - Applied Physics Letters, 1993 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate experimentally and theoretically that frequency-modulated femtosecond
laser pulses can be spectrally narrowed by self-phase modulation in optical fibers. We …

Generation of sub-10-fs, 5-mJ-optical pulses using a hollow fiber with a pressure gradient

A Suda, M Hatayama, K Nagasaka… - Applied Physics …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
We propose and demonstrate a pulse compression technique using a hollow fiber with a
pressure gradient. This technique improves the spatial and spectral qualities of femtosecond …

135 W average-power femtosecond pulses at 520 nm from a frequency-doubled fiber laser system

J Rothhardt, T Eidam, S Hädrich, F Jansen, F Stutzki… - Optics letters, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We present a high-average-power femtosecond laser system at 520nm central wavelength.
The laser system delivers sub-500fs pulses with 135W average power at a pulse repetition …

Observation of the 0-fs pulse

WH Knox, RS Knox, JF Hoose… - Optics and Photonics …, 1990 - scholar.archive.org
The quest for the world's shor test laser pulse has led to a re markable pace of develop ment
in ultrafast laser technology. Al though pulses of only a few cycles duration have been made …

Pointing stabilization of a high-repetition-rate high-power femtosecond laser for intense few-cycle pulse generation

T Kanai, A Suda, S Bohman, M Kaku… - Applied Physics …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
We have developed a beam stabilization system for high-power femtosecond lasers
operating at a repetition rate of 1 kHz⁠. The beam pointing at a hollow fiber input was …

Highly nonlinear dispersion increasing fiber for femtosecond pulse generation

DA Korobko, OG Okhotnikov, DA Stoliarov… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
The optical pulse evolution in a highly nonlinear normal dispersion-increasing fiber has
been considered, both experimentally and theoretically. It was found that large spectral …

Spectral broadening of femtosecond pulses in a single-mode As-S glass fiber

DP Wei, TV Galstian, IV Smolnikov, VG Plotnichenko… - Optics …, 2005 - opg.optica.org
We report a strong spectral broadening of femtosecond pulses propagating in a single-mode
As-S glass fiber of 1.5 m length. The pump pulse spectrum is broadened by a factor of five …

Femtosecond fiber lasers with pulse energies above 10? nJ

JR Buckley, FW Wise, FÖ Ilday, T Sosnowski - Optics letters, 2005 - opg.optica.org
A series of experiments aimed at determining the maximum pulse energy that can be
produced by a femtosecond fiber laser is reported. Exploiting modes of pulse propagation …