title: Propagation of femtosecond pulses in large-mode-area, higher-order-mode fiber.
abstract: We demonstrate propagation of 14 nJ femtosecond pulses through a large-mode-area, higher-order-mode (HOM) fiber with an effective area of 2100 microm2. The pulses propagate stably in the LP07 mode of the fiber through lengths as long as 12 m. The strongly chirped pulses exiting the amplifier fiber are dechirped by the high-order-mode fiber, resulting in pulses with a peak power of 61 kW after propagation in 5 m of the positive-dispersion fiber. A small amount of self-phase modulation is observed in the compressed pulses and is described well by a nonlinear Schrödinger equation model that takes into account the measured effective area and dispersion of the HOM fiber.
authors.affiliation: OFS Laboratories, Somerset, New Jersey 08873, USA. jwn@ofsoptics.com
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramachandran
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghalmi
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wisk
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Monberg
authors.forename: F V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Dimarcello