Title :
Variable pressure hollow-core band-gap fiber cell produced using femtosecond laser micromachining
Author :
Hensley, Christopher J. ; Broaddus, Daniel H. ; Schaffer, Chris B. ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution :
Cornell Univ., Ithaca
Abstract :
We fabricate a high-transmission, variable-pressure gas fiber cell that can operate at low and high pressures. The cell is formed by using femtosecond pulses to drill micrometer- diameter radial capillaries through a hollow-core photonic band-gap fiber.
Keywords :
drilling; holey fibres; laser beam machining; micromachining; optical fibre fabrication; optical materials; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; femtosecond laser micromachining; femtosecond laser pulse drilling; high-transmission fiber fabrication; micrometer-diameter radial capillaries; variable pressure hollow-core band-gap gas fiber cell; Drilling; Fiber lasers; Filling; Focusing; Gas lasers; Micromachining; Petroleum; Photonic band gap; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452442
