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Maximizing optical production of metastable xenon
H. P. Lamsal, J. D. Franson, T. B. Pittman
The wide range of applications using metastable noble gas atoms has led to a number of different approaches for producing large metastable state densities. Here we investigate a re…
Transmission characteristics of optical nanofibers in metastable xenon
H. P. Lamsal, J. D. Franson, T. B. Pittman
We study the transmission characteristics of sub-wavelength diameter silica optical nanofibers (ONF's) surrounded with a xenon plasma produced by a low-pressure inductive RF discha…
Nanofiber-segment ring resonator
D. E. Jones, G. T. Hickman, J. D. Franson +1
We describe a fiber ring resonator comprised of a relatively long loop of standard single-mode fiber with a short nanofiber segment. The evanescent mode of the nanofiber segment al…
Saturation of atomic transitions using sub-wavelength diameter tapered optical fibers in rubidium vapor
D. E. Jones, J. D. Franson, T. B. Pittman
We experimentally investigate ultralow-power saturation of the rubidium D2 transitions using a tapered optical fiber (TOF) suspended in a warm Rb vapor. A direct comparison of powe…
Ultralow-power nonlinear optics using tapered optical fibers in metastable xenon
T. B. Pittman, D. E. Jones, J. D. Franson
We demonstrate nanowatt-level saturated absorption using a sub-wavelength diameter tapered optical fiber (TOF) suspended in a gas of metastable xenon atoms. This ultralow-power non…
Transmission degradation and preservation for tapered optical fibers in rubidium vapor
M. M. Lai, J. D. Franson, T. B. Pittman
The use of sub-wavelength diameter tapered optical fibers (TOF's) in warm rubidium vapor has recently been identified as a promising system for realizing ultra-low-power nonlinear…