Abstract

Hollow-core photonic-crystal fibers (PCFs) provide soliton delivery and frequency shifting of $2.8\mathrm{MW}$ femtosecond pulses with an input central wavelength of $618\mathrm{nm}$. The frequency-shifted megawatt soliton output of the hollow PCF is used as a high-peak-power Stokes field for coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microspectroscopy, providing a dynamic range of nearly four decades for anti-Stokes signal detection, thus enabling time-resolved CARS studies of ultrafast relaxation processes on time scales from tens of femtoseconds up to tens of picoseconds.

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Time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering with a femtosecond soliton output of a photonic-crystal fiber

Dmitrii A. Sidorov-Biryukov, Evgenii E. Serebryannikov, and Aleksei M. Zheltikov
Opt. Lett. 31(15) 2323-2325 (2006)

Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microspectroscopy of silicon components with a photonic-crystal fiber frequency shifter

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Opt. Express 14(22) 10645-10651 (2006)

Wavelength-tunable ultrashort-pulse output of a photonic-crystal fiber designed to resolve ultrafast molecular dynamics

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