Title :
Compact and Robust Refilling and Connectorization of Hollow Core Photonic Crystal Fiber Gas Reference Cells
Author :
Poberezhskiy, Ilya Y. ; Meras, Patrick ; Chang, Daniel H. ; Spiers, Gary D.
Author_Institution :
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena
Abstract :
A simple method for evacuating, refilling and connectorizing hollow-core photonic crystal fiber for use as gas reference cell is proposed and demonstrated. It relies on torch-sealing a quartz filling tube connected to a mechanical splice between regular and hollow-core fibers.
Keywords :
optical fibres; photonic crystals; quartz; SiO2; connectorization; gas reference cells; hollow core fibers; mechanical splice; photonic crystal fiber; quartz filling tube; refilling; torch-sealing; Fiber lasers; Filling; Frequency; Fresnel reflection; Gas lasers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber testing; Photonic crystal fibers; Resonance; Robustness;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382533
