• DocumentCode
    520568
  • Title

    C2H2 gas laser inside hollow-core photonic crystal fiber based on population inversion

  • Author

    Jones, Andrew M. ; Nampoothiri, A. V Vasudevan ; Ratanavis, Amarin ; Kadel, Rajesh ; Wheeler, Natalie V. ; Couny, François ; Benabid, Fetah ; Rudolph, Wolfgang ; Washburn, Brian R. ; Corwin, Kristan L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Lasing from population inversion is demonstrated from gas contained in a hollow-core kagome structured photonic crystal fiber. Laser pulses in the mid-IR (3.1-3.2 μm) were generated by optically pumping at λ ~ 1.5 μm.
  • Keywords
    gas lasers; optical pumping; photonic crystals; gas laser; hollow-core photonic crystal fiber; optical pumping; population inversion; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Photonic crystal fibers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500152