Transmission characteristics of optical nanofibers in metastable xenon
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2019-06-17
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H. P. Lamsal, J. D. Franson, and T. B. Pittman, "Transmission characteristics of optical nanofibers in metastable xenon," Appl. Opt. 58, 6470-6473 (2019), https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.58.006470
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Abstract
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 discharge. In contrast to related experiments using rubidium vapor, we find essentially no degradation of optical transmission through the ONF’s as a function of time. We also observe a pronounced ONF
transmission modulation effect that depends on the conditions of the xenon plasma.