C2H2 gas laser inside hollow-core photonic crystal fiber based on population inversion

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C2H2 gas laser inside hollow-core photonic crystal fiber based on population inversion

Jones, Andrew M.; Nampoothiri, A. V. Vasudevan; Ratanavis, Amarin; Kadel, Rajesh; Wheeler, Natalie V.; Couny, Francois; Benabid, Fetah; Rudolph, Wolfgang; Washburn, Brian R.; Corwin, Kristan L.

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Publication Date: 2010

Conference: 2010 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), San Jose, California, May 16-21, 2010
Starting Page: 1, Ending Page: 2
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Abstract:

Lasing from population inversion is demonstrated from gas contained in a hollow-core kagome structured photonic crystal fiber. Laser pulses in the mid-IR (3.1-3.2 μm) were generated by optically pumping at λ ~ 1.5 μm.

Keywords: Molecular gas lasers; Lasers, fiber; Photonic crystal fibers

URL for this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4310

Publisher URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/srchabstract.jsp?arnumber=5500152

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