Compressing µJ-level pulses from 250 fs to sub-10 fs at 38-MHz repetition rate using two gas-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber stages

K. F. Mak; M. Seidel; O. Pronin; M. H. Frosz; A. Abdolvand; V. Pervak; A. Apolonski; F. Krausz; J. C. Travers; Philip St. J. Russell

doi:10.1364/OL.40.001238

Compressing µJ-level pulses from 250 fs to sub-10 fs at 38-MHz repetition rate using two gas-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber stages

K. F. Mak
, M. Seidel
, O. Pronin
, M. H. Frosz
, A. Abdolvand
, V. Pervak
, A. Apolonski
, F. Krausz
, J. C. Travers
, Philip St. J. Russell

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Abstract

Compression of 250-fs, 1-x3BC;J pulses from a KLM Yb:YAG thin-disk oscillator down to 9.1xA0;fs is demonstrated. A kagomxE9;-PCF with a 36-x3BC;m core-diameter is used with a pressure gradient from 0 to 40xA0;bar of krypton. Compression to 22xA0;fs is achieved by 1200x2009;x2009;fs2 group-delay-dispersion provided by chirped mirrors. By coupling the output into a second kagomxE9;-PCF with a pressure gradient from 0 to 25xA0;bar of argon, octave spanning spectral broadening via the soliton-effect is observed at 18-W average output power. Self-compression to 9.1xA0;fs is measured, with compressibility to 5xA0;fs predicted. Also observed is strong emission in the visible via dispersive wave generation, amounting to 4% of the total output power.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1238-1241
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	40
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.001238
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2015

Keywords

Pulse propagation and temporal solitons
Ultrafast nonlinear optics
Pulse compression
Photonic crystal fibers

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Compressing µJ-level pulses from 250 fs to sub-10 fs at 38-MHz repetition rate using two gas-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber stages

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