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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
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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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
Additional Information: CD-P.17
Venue - Dates: CLEO/Europe-EQEC '15, Munich, Munich, Germany, 2015-06-21 - 2015-06-25
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 379504
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/379504
PURE UUID: 7f314a47-bb0e-40a5-b663-4275233c2c9b
ORCID for D.J. Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058
ORCID for D.P. Shepherd: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4561-8184

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Date deposited: 23 Jul 2015 14:14
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:47

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Author: L. Xu ORCID iD
Author: H.-Y. Chan
Author: S.U. Alam
Author: D.J. Richardson ORCID iD
Author: D.P. Shepherd ORCID iD

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