Efficient Mid-IR Lasing in Gas-Filled Hollow Waveguides

Andrew M. Jones (1) , Bastian Baumgart (2) , Chenchen Mao (2) , A. V. Nampoothiri (2) , Neil Campbell (2) , Coralie Fourcade Dutin (3) , Yingying Wang (3) , Fetah A. Benabid (3) , Wolfgang Rudolph (2) , Brian Washburn (1) , Kristan L. Corwin (1)

1 Kansas State University
2 The University of New Mexico [Albuquerque]
3 University of Bath [Bath]

Mid-IR lasers operating at 3 - 3.2 μm and 4.3 - 4.4 μm with efficiencies near 20% have been demonstrated from ¹²C₂H₂ and HCN-filled low-loss (< 5 dB/m) kagome-structure HC-PCF and from CO₂-filled silver coated capillaries.

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]; Optique / photonique

Andrew M. Jones, Bastian Baumgart, Chenchen Mao, A. V. Nampoothiri, Neil Campbell, et al.. Efficient Mid-IR Lasing in Gas-Filled Hollow Waveguides. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2012, Optical Society of America, May 2012, San Jose, United States. pp.CM3N.2., ⟨10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CM3N.2⟩. ⟨hal-00924919⟩