Title :
Long rubidium vapor lifetime in aluminosilicate sol-gel coated hypocycloidal core shape kagome HC-PCF
Author :
Bradley, T.D. ; McFerran, J.J. ; Jouin, J. ; Thomas, Paul ; Benabid, F.
Author_Institution :
Gas Phase Photonics & Microwave Mater. Group, Univ. of Limoges, Limoges, France
Abstract :
We present aluminosilicate sol-gel coated rubidium-vapor loaded hollow core kagome fiber. We show experimentally that the rubidium vapor is preserved within the hollow core for greater than 500 hours with no vapor-source.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; holey fibres; optical films; photonic crystals; rubidium; sol-gel processing; AlSiO; Rb; aluminosilicate sol-gel coated hypocycloidal core shape kagome HC-PCF; hollow core photonic crystal fibre; long rubidium vapor lifetime; Absorption; Atom optics; Coatings; Optical fibers; Photonic crystal fibers; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
