Nonlinear-optical spectral transformation of few-cycle laser pulses in photonic-crystal fibers.
Photonic-crystal fibers with special dispersion profiles are shown to provide a high efficiency of spectral transformation of chirped sub-6-fs Ti:sapphire laser pulses. With the wavelength of zero group-velocity dispersion of the fiber lying within the broad spectrum of the input few-cycle pulse, the output spectra feature well-resolved spectral peaks, indicative of soliton self-frequency shift, four-wave mixing, and Cherenkov emission of dispersive waves. We demonstrate that up to 3% of radiation energy at the output of the fiber can be confined within a spectrally isolated soliton peak centered at , which is ideally suited as a seed for Nd:YAG- and ytterbium-based laser devices.
Serebryannikov
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Physics Department, International Laser Center, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorob'evy gory, Moscow 119992, Russia.
Zheltikov
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Ishii
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Teisset
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Köhler
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S
Fuji
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T
Metzger
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T
Krausz
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F
Baltuska
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