Atomic mercury vapor inside a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber

Vogl U, Peuntinger C, Joly NY, Russell PSJ, Marquardt C, Leuchs G (2014)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2014

Journal

Optics Express Optical Society of America

Book Volume: 22

Pages Range: 29375-29381

Journal Issue: 24

DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.029375

Abstract

We demonstrate high atomic mercury vapor pressure in a kagomé-style hollow-core photonic crystal fiber at room temperature. After a few days of exposure to mercury vapor the fiber is homogeneously filled and the optical depth achieved remains constant. With incoherent optical pumping from the ground state we achieve an optical depth of 114 at the 6³P2 - 6³D3 transition, corresponding to an atomic mercury number density of 6 × 10¹⁰cm^-3. The use of mercury vapor in quasi one-dimensional confinement may be advantageous compared to chemically more active alkali vapor, while offering strong optical nonlinearities in the ultraviolet region of the optical spectrum.

Authors with CRIS profile

Christoph Marquardt Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Optik) Gerhard Leuchs

Involved external institutions

Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (MPL) / Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Vogl, U., Peuntinger, C., Joly, N.Y., Russell, P.S.J., Marquardt, C., & Leuchs, G. (2014). Atomic mercury vapor inside a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Optics Express, 22(24), 29375-29381. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.029375

MLA:

Vogl, Ulrich, et al. "Atomic mercury vapor inside a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber." Optics Express 22.24 (2014): 29375-29381.

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