High pulse energy and quantum efficiency mid-infrared gas Raman fiber laser targeting CO2 absorption at 4.2 µm

Abstract

In this Letter, we demonstrate a high pulse energy and linearly polarized mid-infrared Raman fiber laser targeting the strongest absorption line of CO2 at 4.2 µm. This laser was generated from a hydrogen (H₂)-filled antiresonant hollow-core fiber, pumped by a custom-made 1532.8 nm Er-doped fiber laser delivering 6.9 ns pulses and 11.6 kW peak power. A quantum efficiency as high as 74% was achieved, to yield 17.6 µJ pulse energy at 4.22 µm. Less than 20 bar H2 pressure was required to maximize the pulse energy since the transient Raman regime was efficiently suppressed by the long pump pulses.

Md Selim Habib

Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering

Hollow-core fibers; Fiber sensors; Ultrafast nonlinear optics

Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa

Professor of Optics; CTO, Relativity Networks Inc.

Hollow-core fibers; High power fiber lasers; Optical communication

Ole Bang

Professor; Co-founder, NORBLIS IVS

Fiber sensors; Supercontinuum generation; Hollow-core fibers; Gas-filled fibers

Christos Markos

Associate Professor; Co-founder, NORBLIS IVS

Hollow-core fibers; Neural devices; Gas-filled fibers, Fiber sensors