• DocumentCode
    2103569
  • Title

    Compact and Robust Refilling and Connectorization of Hollow Core Photonic Crystal Fiber Gas Reference Cells

  • Author

    Poberezhskiy, Ilya Y. ; Meras, Patrick ; Chang, Daniel H. ; Spiers, Gary D.

  • Author_Institution
    California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    21-25 Oct. 2007
  • Firstpage
    568
  • Lastpage
    569
  • Abstract
    A simple method for evacuating, refilling and connectorizing hollow-core photonic crystal fiber for use as gas reference cell is proposed and demonstrated. It relies on torch-sealing a quartz filling tube connected to a mechanical splice between regular and hollow-core fibers.
  • Keywords
    optical fibres; photonic crystals; quartz; SiO2; connectorization; gas reference cells; hollow core fibers; mechanical splice; photonic crystal fiber; quartz filling tube; refilling; torch-sealing; Fiber lasers; Filling; Frequency; Fresnel reflection; Gas lasers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber testing; Photonic crystal fibers; Resonance; Robustness;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Lake Buena Vista, FL
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0925-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382533
  • Filename
    4382533