Open AccessHigh photon conversion efficiency continuous wave lasing in an optically pumped I_2 hollow fiber gas laser in the visible region
Author(s) -
A. V. V. Nampoothiri,
Farzin Beygi Azar Aghbolagh,
Benoît Debord,
F. Gérôme,
Fetah Benabid,
Wolfgang Rudolph
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
applied optics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.668
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 2155-3165
pISSN - 1559-128X
DOI - 10.1364/ao.56.009592
Subject(s) - lasing threshold , materials science , optics , laser , photonic crystal fiber , fiber laser , optoelectronics , energy conversion efficiency , polarization (electrochemistry) , slope efficiency , laser pumping , optical pumping , physics , wavelength , chemistry
Continuous wave lasing in the visible spectral region from a molecular iodine-filled hollow core photonic crystal fiber is demonstrated. More than an order of magnitude improvement in photon conversion efficiency has been achieved compared to previous nonfiber-based geometries in this spectral region. The laser shows strong coupling of pump and laser polarization.