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Soliton self-frequency shift of 6-fs pulses in photonic-crystal fibers

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Raman soliton phenomena in photonic crystal fibers are shown to allow efficient tunable frequency shifting of sub-10-fs laser pulses. Soliton self-frequency shift in a photonic-crystal fiber with a core diameter less than 2 μm is used to transform the spectrum of a 6-fs 2-nJ Ti: sapphire-laser pulse, dominated by a 670-nm peak, into a spectrum featuring a well-resolved intense spectral component centered at 1064 nm, which is ideally suited as a seed for Nd: YAG- and ytterbium-based laser devices.

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  1. Physics Department, International Laser Center, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorob’evy gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    E. E. Serebryannikov, A. M. Zheltikov & A. Baltuška

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748, Garching, Germany

    N. Ishii, C. Y. Teisset, S. Köhler, T. Fuji, T. Metzger & F. Krausz

  3. Department für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, 85748, Garching, Germany

    F. Krausz

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Serebryannikov, E.E., Zheltikov, A.M., Ishii, N. et al. Soliton self-frequency shift of 6-fs pulses in photonic-crystal fibers. Appl. Phys. B 81, 585–588 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-005-1929-8

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