Dataset for 'Mid-infrared 1 Watt continuous wave hollow-core fiber gas laser source'

This dataset contains all data and program code underlying the results presented in the paper of 'Mid-infrared 1 Watt continuous wave hollow-core fiber gas laser source'.

In the paper, we report the characteristics of a 1 Watt hollow-core fiber gas laser, emitting continuous-wave in the mid-infrared. Our system is based on an acetylene-filled hollow-core optical fiber, guiding with low losses at both the pump and laser wavelengths and operating in the single-pass ASE regime. By systematic characterization of the pump absorption and output power dependence on gas pressure, fiber length and pump intensity, we determine that the reduction of pump absorption at high pump flux and the degradation of gain performance at high gas pressure necessitate the use of increased gain fiber length for efficient lasing at higher powers. Low fiber attenuation is therefore key to efficient high-power laser operation. We demonstrate 1.1 Watt output power at 3.1 µm wavelength by using a high-power EDFA pump in a single-pass configuration, approximately 400 times higher CW output power than in the ring cavity previously reported.

In the dataset,

1. Figure_1_original_absorption_intensity_strength_from_HITRAN.csv contains the orignal downloaded data from HITRAN database. MATLAB code is to convert the absorption intensity to the spectral transmittance per meter in fig.1.

2. Figure_2_b_EDFA_spectrum.csv contains the measured EDFA output spectrum at maximum amplification to generate fig.2 (b).

3. Figure_2_c_fiber_attenuation.csv contains the attenuations of fiber used in this paper, to generate fig.2 (c).

4. Figure_3_b_on_off_resonance_absorption_spectra.csv contains the transmission spectra across the whole pump spectrum, when on and off resonance measured by OSA at the end of fiber. The incident power is 40 dBm for both conditions.

5. Figure_3_c_side_scattering_slopes.csv contains the measure on and off absorption spectra, in unit of dB at various fiber length positions.

6. Figure_4_a_incident_power_laser_output.csv contains measured incident powers and output powers for various pressure in 15 m fiber length.

7. Figure_4_b_absorbed_power_laser_output.csv contains measured absorbed powers and output powers for various pressure in 15 m fiber length.

8. Figure_5_slope_efficiency_and_threshold.csv contains all data to generate fig.5 (a) and (b), including measured slope efficiencies, corresponding maximum absorbed pump power and absorbed pump threshold power for 15m and 6 m fiber lengths and various pressures.

9. The program to simulate the 1 meter transmission in acetylene gas of 1 mbar is included in the MATLAB script file theoretic_absorption.m.

Subjects:
Atomic and molecular physics
Optics, photonics and lasers

Cite this dataset as:
Yu, F., 2017. Dataset for 'Mid-infrared 1 Watt continuous wave hollow-core fiber gas laser source'. Bath: University of Bath Research Data Archive. Available from: https://doi.org/10.15125/BATH-00392.

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Data

Figure_2_b_EDFA_spectrum.csv
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Figure_2_b_EDFA_spectrum.csv contains the measured EDFA output spectrum at maximum amplification to generate fig.2 (b).

Figure_2_c … attenuation.csv
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Figure_2_c_fiber_attenuation.csv contains the attenuations of fiber used in this paper, to generate fig.2 (c).

Figure_3_b … absorption_spectra.csv
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Figure_3_b_on_off_resonance_absorption_spectra.csv contains the transmission spectra across the whole pump spectrum, when on and off resonance measured by OSA at the end of fiber. The incident power is 40 dBm for both conditions.

Figure_1_original … HITRAN.csv
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Figure_1_original_absorption_intensity_strength_from_HITRAN.csv contains the orignal downloaded data from HITRAN database. MATLAB code is to convert the absorption intensity to the spectral transmittance per meter in fig.1.

Figure_3_c … scattering_slopes.csv
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Figure_3_c_side_scattering_slopes.csv contains the measure on and off absorption spectra, in unit of dB at various fiber length positions.

Figure_4_a … laser_output.csv
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Figure_4_a_incident_power_laser_output.csv contains measured incident powers and output powers for various pressure in 15 m fiber length.

Figure_4_b … laser_output.csv
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Figure_4_b_absorbed_power_laser_output.csv contains measured absorbed powers and output powers for various pressure in 15 m fiber length.

Figure_5_slope … threshold.csv
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Figure_5_slope_efficiency_and_threshold.csv contains all data to generate fig.5 (a) and (b), including measured slope efficiencies, corresponding maximum absorbed pump power and absorbed pump threshold power for 15m and 6 m fiber lengths and various press

Code

theoretic_absorption.m
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The program to simulate the 1 meter transmission in acetylene gas of 0.6 mbar is included in the MATLAB script file theoretic_absorption.m.

data_lines.mat
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Data of Figure_1_original_absorption_intensity_strength_from_HITRAN.csv is added in data_lines.mat file for the MATLAB script to import. In data_lines.mat, the wavelength is converted and in unit of nm.

Creators

Fei Yu
University of Bath

Contributors

Mengrong Xu
Project Member
University of Bath

Jonathan Knight
Project Leader
University of Bath

University of Bath
Rights Holder

Coverage

Collection date(s):

2017

Documentation Files

Fig._2_Readme.txt
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Fig.3_Readme.txt
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Fig._5_Readme.txt
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Fig._1_Readme.txt
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Fig.4_Readme.txt
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Funders

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000266

Hollow Antiresonant Fibres for Visible and Ultraviolet Beam Delivery
EP/M025381/1

Publication details

Publication date: 2017
by: University of Bath

Version: 1

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15125/BATH-00392

URL for this record: https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/id/eprint/392

Related papers and books

Xu, M., Yu, F., and Knight, J., 2017. Mid-infrared 1  W hollow-core fiber gas laser source. Optics Letters, 42(20), 4055. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.42.004055.

Contact information

Please contact the Research Data Service in the first instance for all matters concerning this item.

Contact person: Fei Yu

Departments:

Faculty of Science
Physics