Truncated ultrashort-pulse small-angle Bessel beams

Ruediger Grunwald; Uwe J. Neumann; Gero Stibenz; Stefan Langer; Günter Steinmeyer; Volker Kebbel; Jean-Luc Néron; Michel Piché

doi:10.1117/12.567390

16 November 2004 Truncated ultrashort-pulse small-angle Bessel beams

Ruediger Grunwald, Uwe J. Neumann, Gero Stibenz, Stefan Langer, Günter Steinmeyer, Volker Kebbel, Jean-Luc Néron, Michel Piché

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Proceedings Volume 5579, Photonics North 2004: Photonic Applications in Telecommunications, Sensors, Software, and Lasers; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.567390
Event: Photonics North, 2004, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

Ultrashort-pulse single-maximum nondiffracting beams of microscopic radius and large axial depths are interesting for applications in nonlinear optics and spectroscopy, for acceleration and manipulation of particles, measuring techniques, materials treatment or information processing. Here we report on the experimental generation of such beams by self-apodized truncation of Bessel and pseudo-Bessel beams from a Ti:sapphire oscillator. Small angle operation was enabled by thin-film structures. To obtain self-apodization, the diameter of the truncating diaphragm was adapted to the first minima of Bessel distribution. The propagation of (a) Bessel beams of meter-range axial extension shaped by axicon mirrors, and (b) microscopic pseudo-Bessel beams of millimeter-range extension shaped by Gaussian-shaped microaxicon lenses was studied. In case (a), single-maximum beams of > 20 cm depth were produced. To generate comparable focal zones from Gaussian beams, a much larger distance (10x) is necessary, and axial stretching of spectrum destructs the temporal structure. In case (b), the focal zone length was increased by a factor of >5 compared to a Gaussian beam. Arrays of truncated Bessel beams were generated as well. The experimental results indicate that truncated Bessel beams enable more compact setups than corresponding Gaussian beams and are in particular advantageous for ultrashort pulses. Further improvements are possible by combining coherent addition in resonators with truncation outcoupling.

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Ruediger Grunwald, Uwe J. Neumann, Gero Stibenz, Stefan Langer, Günter Steinmeyer, Volker Kebbel, Jean-Luc Néron, and Michel Piché "Truncated ultrashort-pulse small-angle Bessel beams", Proc. SPIE 5579, Photonics North 2004: Photonic Applications in Telecommunications, Sensors, Software, and Lasers, (16 November 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.567390

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