Open AccessDynamic fiber delivery of 3 W 160 fs pulses with photonic crystal hollow core fiber patchcord
Author(s) -
Bojan Resan,
Raffael Auchli,
Vesna Villamaina,
R.L. Holtz
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.25.024553
Subject(s) - photonic crystal fiber , materials science , optics , torsion (gastropod) , bend radius , photonic crystal , plastic optical fiber , polarization maintaining optical fiber , optical fiber , polarization (electrochemistry) , photonics , optoelectronics , fiber , bending , fiber optic sensor , physics , composite material , medicine , surgery , chemistry
We report output characteristics of a connectorized hollow core photonics crystal fiber when it is subjected to coiling down to a 50 mm radius, bending, and torsion. We achieved coupling efficiency up to 73% with an output average power of 2 W and 24 nJ pulse energy. With optimized coupling, depolarization was as low as 7%. Coiling and bending of the photonic crystal patchcord introduces little distortion; torsion, however, changes the polarization drastically. To our knowledge, this is the first report on dynamic fiber delivery of fs pulses.