High Power Laser Science and Engineering, Volume. 4, Issue 4, 04000e37(2016)

Deleterious processes of a diode-pumped cesium vapor hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber laser

Guofei An, You Wang, Juhong Han, He Cai, Zhigang Jiang, Ming Gao, Shunyan Wang, Wei Zhang, Hongyuan Wang, Liangping Xue, and Jie Zhou
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  • Southwest Institute of Technical Physics, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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    Energy level diagram for a cesium atom.
    (a) Transverse view of an HC-PCF and (b) the schematic diagram of the diode-pumped cesium vapor HC-PCF laser system.
    Output power versus pump power in different cases.
    Absorbed power, output power, and optical-to-optical efficiency versus pump power in (a) Case 1 and (b) Case 5.
    Absorbed power, output power, and population density ($n_{0}$) versus temperature of Case 1.
    • Table 1. Summary of critical parameters in our model.

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      Table 1. Summary of critical parameters in our model.

      Parameter descriptionValueReference
      Partial pressure of He478.8 TorrThis work
      Partial pressure of $\text{C}_{2}\text{H}_{6}$100 TorrThis work
      Cell length $L$2 mThis work
      Cell radius $R$ (hollow core of an HC-PCF)$50~\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}\text{m}$This work
      Transverse section of the $D_{2}$ line $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}_{D_{2}}$$1.53\times 10^{-9}~\text{cm}^{2}$[13]
      Transverse section of the $D_{1}$ line $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}_{D_{1}}$$2.31\times 10^{-9}~\text{cm}^{2}$[13]
      Photo-ionization cross section $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}_{\text{photo-ionization}}$$2.00\times 10^{-17}~\text{cm}^{2}$[14]
      $D_{1}$ radiative lifetime $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70F}_{D_{1}}$34.9 ns[13]
      $D_{2}$ radiative lifetime $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70F}_{D_{2}}$30.5 ns[13]
      Lifetime of $6^{2}D_{5/2,3/2}$ and $8^{2}S_{1/2}$ levels $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70F}_{4}$60 ns[14]
      Energy pooling rate constant $k_{EP2}$$7.1\times 10^{-10}~\text{cm}^{3}~\text{s}^{-1}$[15]
      Energy pooling rate constant $k_{EP3}$$2.8\times 10^{-10}~\text{cm}^{3}~\text{s}^{-1}$[15]
      Penning ionization rate constant $k_{PI}$$1.0\times 10^{-8}~\text{cm}^{3}~\text{s}^{-1}$[16]
      Recombination rate constant $k_{\text{recombination}}$$7.124\times 10^{-21}~\text{cm}^{6}~\text{s}^{-1}$[17]
    • Table 2. Different cases investigated in the model.

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      Table 2. Different cases investigated in the model.

      No.Energy poolingPenning ionizationPhoto-ionization
      Case 1$\times$$\times$$\times$
      Case 2$\surd$$\times$$\times$
      Case 3$\surd$$\surd$$\times$
      Case 4$\surd$$\times$$\surd$
      Case 5$\surd$$\surd$$\surd$
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    Guofei An, You Wang, Juhong Han, He Cai, Zhigang Jiang, Ming Gao, Shunyan Wang, Wei Zhang, Hongyuan Wang, Liangping Xue, Jie Zhou. Deleterious processes of a diode-pumped cesium vapor hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber laser[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2016, 4(4): 04000e37

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    Paper Information

    Special Issue: HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS AND HIGH POWER LASER

    Received: Apr. 29, 2016

    Accepted: Jun. 27, 2016

    Published Online: Jan. 19, 2017

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    DOI:10.1017/hpl.2016.37

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