Ultrafast photonics with microstructures fibers

Abstract

Microstructure fibers – new optical fibers with tailored dispersion and nonlinearity – provide a constantly growing platform for the development of advanced fiber-format devices and components for ultrafast photonics. Unique options offered by microstructure fiber technology, such as dispersion management through fiber structure engineering and enhancement of optical nonlinearity due to a strong field confinement in a small-size fiber core, are pushing the frontiers of ultrafast photonics, allowing the creation of efficient sources of supercontinuum radiation, novel compact fiber lasers, as well as frequency converters, pulse compressors, and fiber components for microscopy and bioimaging.