Title :
Efficient Mid-IR lasing in gas-filled hollow waveguides
Author :
Jones, Andrew M. ; Baumgart, B. ; Mao, C. ; Nampoothiri, A. V Vasudevan ; Campbell, N. ; Dutin, Coralie Fourcade ; Wang, Yingying ; Benabid, Fetah ; Rudolph, Wolfgang ; Washburn, Brian R. ; Corwin, Kristan L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS, USA
Abstract :
Mid-IR lasers operating at 3-3.2 μm and 4.3-4.4 μm with efficiencies near 20% have been demonstrated from 12C2H2 and HCN-filled low-loss (<; 5 dB/m) kagome-structure HC-PCF and from CO-filled silver coated capillaries.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; holey fibres; infrared sources; laser transitions; optical fibre losses; organic compounds; photonic crystals; HC-PCF; gas-filled hollow waveguides; hollow-core photonic crystal fiber; laser efficiency; midIR lasing; silver coated capillaries; wavelength 3 mum to 3.2 mum; wavelength 4.3 mum to 4.4 mum; Fiber lasers; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Optical fiber amplifiers; Pump lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
