Saturation spectroscopy of iodine in hollow-core optical fiber

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2012

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Lurie, A.
Light, P.
Anstie, J.
Stace, T.
Abbott, P.
Benabid, F.
Luiten, A.

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Optics Express, 2012; 20(11):11906-11917

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Anna Lurie, Philip S. Light, James Anstie, Thomas M. Stace, Paul C. Abbott, Fetah Benabid and Andre N. Luiten

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We present high-resolution spectroscopy of I(2) vapor that is loaded and trapped within the core of a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (HC-PCF). We compare the observed spectroscopic features to those observed in a conventional iodine cell and show that the saturation characteristics differ significantly. Despite the confined geometry it was still possible to obtain sub-Doppler features with a spectral width of ~6 MHz with very high contrast. We provide a simple theory which closely reproduces all the key observations of the experiment.

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© 2012 OSA

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