Mid-infrared gas filled photonic crystal fiber laser based on population inversion

Mid-infrared gas filled photonic crystal fiber laser based on population inversion.

We demonstrate for the first time an optically pumped gas laser based on population inversion using a hollow core photonic crystal fiber (HC-PCF). The HC-PCF filled with 12C2H2 gas is pumped with ~5 ns pulses at 1.52 μm and lases at 3.12 μm and 3.16 μm in the mid-infrared spectral region. The maximum measured laser pulse energy of ~6 nJ was obtained at a gas pressure of 7 torr with a fiber with...

Gas Filled Hallow Core Fiber Lasers Based on Population Inversion

short): Hollow-core Optical Fiber Gas LASer (HOFGLAS) have been created, and explored in pulsed mode with C2H2 and HCN gas inside the hollow core of a kagome structured photonic crystal fiber, and nearideal efficiencies were realized for wavelengths near 1.5 μm (pump, 1 ns-pulses) and 3 μm (lasing). Improved fiber loss is realized near 3 μm to <1 dB/m. In addition, a pulsed CO2 waveguide (silve...

Mid Infrared Supercontinuum Generation in Photonic Crystal Fiber

Photonic Crystal Laser Based Gas Sensor

Gas Sensor Based on Large Hollow-Core Photonic Bandgap Fiber

One concern in using photonic band-gap fiber (PBGF) as a gas sensor is the response time. In this type of the gas sensors, response time is the time required for gas to diffuse into the hollow-core. So considering a large hollow-core PBGF (HC-PBGF), the response time can be significantly reduced. But in the large HC-PBGF, the fundamental issue is the presence of higher order modes (HOMs). Somet...