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All-fiber femtosecond Cherenkov radiation source |
Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 13, pp. 2769-2771 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.002769
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Abstract
An all-fiber femtosecond source of spectrally isolated Cherenkov radiation is reported, to the best of our knowledge, for the first time. Using a monolithic, self-starting femtosecond Yb-doped fiber laser as the pump source and the combination of photonic crystal fibers as the wave-conversion medium, we demonstrate milliwatt-level, stable, and tunable Cherenkov radiation at visible wavelengths 580–630 nm, with pulse duration of sub-160-fs, and the 3 dB spectral bandwidth not exceeding 36 nm. Such an all-fiber Cherenkov radiation source is promising for practical applications in biophotonics such as bioimaging and microscopy.
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OCIS Codes
(060.2310) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics
(140.7090) Lasers and laser optics : Ultrafast lasers
(320.2250) Ultrafast optics : Femtosecond phenomena
(320.7110) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics
(060.5295) Fiber optics and optical communications : Photonic crystal fibers
ToC Category:
Ultrafast Optics
History
Original Manuscript: April 2, 2012
Revised Manuscript: May 15, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: May 15, 2012
Published: June 29, 2012
Virtual Issues
Vol. 7, Iss. 9 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics
Citation
Xiaomin Liu, Jesper Lægsgaard, Uffe Møller, Haohua Tu, Stephen A. Boppart, and Dmitry Turchinovich, "All-fiber femtosecond Cherenkov radiation source," Opt. Lett. 37, 2769-2771 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/vjbo/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-37-13-2769
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