Document Type
Thesis
Publication Date
5-9-2024
Disciplines
Optics | Physics
Advisor
Gregory Taft
Abstract
A broad spectrum of visible light was produced by focusing the 50-fs, 800-nm, 5-nJ pulses from an unamplified Ti:sapphire laser into a 20-cm-long photonic crystal fiber. A prism pair was used to compensate for material dispersion of the system. Different focusing methods were investigated including beam telescopes and lenses of various focal lengths. A 3X beam expander telescope near the laser output and a 3-cm focal length achromatic lens after the prism pair were found to work best for coupling the light into the fiber which has a core diameter of 1.7 μm.
Recommended Citation
Lange, Joseph, "Supercontinuum Generation with A Ti: Sapphire Laser and Photonic Crystal Fiber" (2024). Celebrating Scholarship and Creativity Day (2018-). 258.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/ur_cscday/258