GLOphotonics proprietary Photonic Micro-Cell (PMC)™ technology is based on Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber (HC-PCF) and the process of filling the fiber with a chosen gas to offer photonic functionalities such as (i) Optical frequency conversion, (ii) Ultra-high power pulsed laser delivery (iii) Laser pulse compression or (iv) Frequency standards.
A PMC is a stand-alone and modular component that consists of a HC-PCF filled with gas and fiber terminations. The presence of gas within an optical fibre on a micron scale provides a million-fold increase in the gas-laser efficiency compared to traditional lasing methods and opens up the unique ability for functionalization. For example, with a Raman gas one can produce new wavelengths and hence create new applications. There are different variants of HC-PCF used within the PMC family of components. The Inhibited-Coupling guiding HC-PCF such as Kagome fiber produces particularly good results with a high damage threshold and a very wide bandwidth.
The PMC comes in different forms tailored to either the applications or the laser power requirements or to specific housing requirements. Below is a list of the different PMC forms GLO can deliver.
PMC-TERMINATION TYPE FEATURES/APPLICATIONS
ALL-FIBER PMC
An optical fiber made of a length of HC-PCF filled with gas and spliced to a solid optical fiber.
·Gas type: Typically any molecular gas. Atomic vapor
·Gas pressure ranges: from High vacuum pressure to several bars.
·Splice loss: typically 1 dB/splice.
·Ideal for low power laser applications such as telecommunications, instrumentations, frequency standards, Frequency conversion…
This PMC has at least one of its terminations exhibiting a gas-fillable cell. This cell is mountable on standard translation stages for quick and efficient laser coupling.
·Gas injection
·Rugged tube-over-fiber
·Micro-bending elimination
·Macro-bending restraint
·Dust contamination prevention
·Ideal for high power applications such as ultra-short pulse laser beam delivery, laser pulse compression, frequency convertor.
TUBULAR CELL PMC-TERMINATION
This PMC has at least one of its terminations exhibiting a tubular cell. This cell can be mounted on and/or integrated in standard opto-mechanical holders or systems.
·Rugged tube-over-fiber
·Micro-bending elimination
·Macro-bending restraint
·Dust prevention
·Ideal for high power applications such as ultra-short pulse laser beam delivery, laser pulse compression, frequency convertor.
If you are interested in purchasing Photonic Micro-Cell (PMC)™, please contact us.
