title: High-energy (nanojoule) femtosecond pulse delivery with record dispersion higher-order mode fiber.
abstract: Delivery of high peak-power femtosecond pulses with fibers is constrained by nonlinear distortions accumulated during pulse propagation. We address this problem with a novel, to our knowledge, fiber schematic, where the pulse propagates in a small Aeff (18 microm2) but highly dispersive (record value of approximately -900 ps/nm km) medium, enabled by transmission in the LP02 mode of a few-mode fiber. The novel fiber yields a low dispersion-to-nonlinear-length ratio (due to its large dispersion) despite its small Aeff, hence enabling mitigation of nonlinearities. This enables fiber delivery of distortion-free <150 fs, approximately 1 nJ, and 840 nm pulses--an order-of-magnitude improvement over single-mode fibers of similar Aeff.
authors.affiliation: OFS Laboratories, Somerset, New Jersey 08873, USA. sidr@ieee.org
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramachandran
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jasapara
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wisk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghalmi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Monberg
authors.forename: F V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Dimarcello
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D007834:Lasers; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods