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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 19, Iss. 2 — Jan. 17, 2011
  • pp: 923–932

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High average power, high energy 1.55 μm ultra-short pulse laser beam delivery using large mode area hollow core photonic band-gap fiber

Xiang Peng, Michael Mielke, and Timothy Booth  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 2, pp. 923-932 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.000923


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Abstract

We demonstrate high average power, high energy 1.55 μm ultra-short pulse (<1 ps) laser delivery using helium-filled and argon-filled large mode area hollow core photonic band-gap fibers and compare relevant performance parameters. The ultra-short pulse laser beam—with pulse energy higher than 7 μJ and pulse train average power larger than 0.7 W—is output from a 2 m long hollow core fiber with diffraction limited beam quality. We introduce a pulse tuning mechanism of argon-filled hollow core photonic band-gap fiber. We assess the damage threshold of the hollow core photonic band-gap fiber and propose methods to further increase pulse energy and average power handling.

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OCIS Codes
(060.7140) Fiber optics and optical communications : Ultrafast processes in fibers
(060.4005) Fiber optics and optical communications : Microstructured fibers
(060.3510) Fiber optics and optical communications : Lasers, fiber

ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: October 5, 2010
Revised Manuscript: November 29, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: December 24, 2010
Published: January 7, 2011

Citation
Xiang Peng, Michael Mielke, and Timothy Booth, "High average power, high energy 1.55 μm ultra-short pulse laser beam delivery using large mode area hollow core photonic band-gap fiber," Opt. Express 19, 923-932 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-2-923


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