Physics of highly multimode nonlinear optical systems

LG Wright, FO Wu, DN Christodoulides, FW Wise - Nature Physics, 2022 - nature.com
Linear multimode optical systems have enabled clean experimental observations and the
applications of numerous phenomena that continually extend the boundaries of wave …

Liquid‐Core Optical Fibers—A Dynamic Platform for Nonlinear Photonics

M Chemnitz, S Junaid… - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Softphotonics has emerged as a new discipline that utilizes soft matter (ie, liquids, gels, bio‐
materials) as waveguide materials with versatile functionalities. The flexible properties of soft …

Post-compression of femtosecond laser pulses using self-phase modulation: from kilowatts to petawatts in 40 years

EA Khazanov - Quantum Electronics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The pulse duration at the output of femtosecond lasers is usually close to the Fourier limit,
and can be shortened by increasing the spectral width. To this end, use is made of self …

Nonlinear multimode photonics: nonlinear optics with many degrees of freedom

LG Wright, WH Renninger, DN Christodoulides… - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The overall goal of photonics research is to understand and control light in new and richer
ways to facilitate new and richer applications. Many major developments to this end have …

Nonlinear optics in multipass cells

M Hanna, F Guichard, N Daher… - Laser & Photonics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The fundamental principles and experimental implementations of multipass cells used as a
platform for nonlinear optics are reviewed. Embedding a nonlinear medium in a multipass …

70 mJ nonlinear compression and scaling route for an Yb amplifier using large-core hollow fibers

G Fan, PA Carpeggiani, Z Tao, G Coccia, R Safaei… - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
In this Letter, we investigate the energy-scaling rules of hollow-core fiber (HCF)-based
nonlinear pulse propagation and compression merged with high-energy Yb-laser …

All-optical sampling of few-cycle infrared pulses using tunneling in a solid

Y Liu, S Gholam-Mirzaei, JE Beetar, J Nesper… - Photonics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Recent developments in ultrafast laser technology have resulted in novel few-cycle sources
in the mid-infrared. Accurately characterizing the time-dependent intensities and electric …

Few-cycle Yb laser source at 20 kHz using multidimensional solitary states in hollow-core fibers

L Arias, A Longa, G Jargot, A Pomerleau, P Lassonde… - Optics Letters, 2022 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate ultrashort pulse compression from 300 fs down to 17 fs at a repetition rate
of 20 kHz and 160-µJ output pulse energy (3.2 W of average power) using multidimensional …

Soliton self-compression and resonant dispersive wave emission in higher-order modes of a hollow capillary fibre

C Brahms, JC Travers - Journal of Physics: Photonics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate soliton self-compression and ultraviolet resonant dispersive wave emission
in the higher-order modes of a gas-filled hollow capillary fibre (HCF). Our simple analytical …

[HTML][HTML] An ultra-stable high-power optical frequency comb

F Schmid, J Moreno, J Weitenberg, P Russbüldt… - APL Photonics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Optical frequency combs are typically generated in the near-infrared wavelength range,
where many mode-locked lasers operate. Nonlinear frequency conversion can then be used …