Title :
Synchronously pumped mid-IR hollow core fiber gas laser
Author :
Abu Hassan, M.R. ; Fei Yu ; Zefeng Wang ; Belardi, Walter ; Wadsworth, William J. ; Knight, Jonathan C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Bath, Bath, UK
Abstract :
We report a synchronously pumped 3.16 μm acetylene fiber laser based entirely on low-loss silica hollow-core fiber. Our system oscillates at 2.568 MHz repetition rate, when pumped with a modulated amplified 1.53 μm diode laser.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; gas lasers; infrared spectra; optical fibre losses; optical modulation; optical pumping; silicon compounds; SiO2; low-loss silica hollow-core fiber; modulated amplified diode laser; synchronously pumped acetylene fiber laser; synchronously pumped mid-IR hollow core fiber gas laser; wavelength 1.53 mum; wavelength 3.16 mum; Cavity resonators; Couplers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Power amplifiers; Power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
