Title :
Micro-confinement of microwave-plasma in photonic structures
Author :
Debord, B. ; Gerome, F. ; Jamier, Raphael ; Alves, L.L. ; Leroy, O. ; Boisse-Laporte, C. ; Leprince, P. ; Benabid, F.
Author_Institution :
GPPMM Group, Univ. de Limoges, Limoges, France
Abstract :
We review on our previous experimental results on microwave microplasmas ignition in hollow-core photonic crystal fibers and elucidate on how such a plasma can be confined in the hollow-core without damaging the host structure.
Keywords :
holey fibres; microwave photonics; photonic crystals; hollow-core photonic crystal fibers; microwave microplasma ignition; microwave-plasma microconfinement; photonic structures; Discharges (electric); Ignition; Microwave photonics; Optical fiber couplers; Photonic crystal fibers; Plasma temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
