Items by Couny, Francois

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Jones, A. M., Nampoothiri, A. V. V., Fiedler, T., Kadel, R., Hageman, W., Wheeler, N., Couny, F., Benabid, F., Rudolph, W., Corwin, K. L. and Washburn, B. R., 2011. Mid-IR fiber lasers based on molecular gas-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. In: 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Computer Society. (2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011)

Corwin, K. L., Wang, C., Knabe, K., Wu, S., Lim, J., Washburn, B. R., Wheeler, N., Couny, F. and Benabid, F., 2010. Acetylene-filled hollow-core kagome fiber toward portable frequency references. In: 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the IEEE Photonics Society, PHOTINICS 2010. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Computer Society, pp. 628-629.

Jones, A. M., Vasudevan Nampoothiri, A. V., Ratanavis, A., Kadel, R., Wheeler, N. V., Couny, F., Benabid, F., Rudolph, W., Washburn, B. R. and Corwin, K. L., 2010. C2H2 gas laser inside hollow-core photonic crystal fiber based on population inversion. In: Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference: 2010 Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO/QELS 2010. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Wang, Y., Couny, F., Light, P. S., Mangan, B. J. and Benabid, F., 2010. Compact and portable multiline UV visible raman lasers in hydrogen-filled HC-PCF. In: Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference: 2010 Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO/QELS 2010. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Katsuragawa, M., Kanaka, R. P., Shiraga, K., Aoki, H., Benabid, F., Couny, F. and Wang, Y., 2010. Efficient generation of broad Raman sidebands in a kagome-lattice-type photonic crystal fiber. In: Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference: 2010 Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO/QELS 2010. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Couny, F., Mangan, B. J., Sokolov, A. V. and Benabid, F., 2010. High power 55 watts CW raman fiber-gas-laser. In: Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference: 2010 Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO/QELS 2010. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Wheeler, N. V., Grogan, M. D. W., Light, P. S., Couny, F., Birks, T. A. and Benabid, F., 2010. Large core acetylene-filled photonic microcells made by tapering the hollow-core fiber. In: Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference: 2010 Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO/QELS 2010. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Wang, Y., Couny, F., Roberts, P. J. and Benabid, F., 2010. Low loss broadband transmission in optimized core-shape Kagome hollow-core PCF. In: Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference: 2010 Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO/QELS 2010. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Wu, C., Mondloch, E., Raymer, M. G., Wang, Y., Couny, F. and Benabid, F., 2010. Spontaneous phase anti-correlations in Raman optical frequency comb generation. In: Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference: 2010 Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO/QELS 2010. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Wheeler, N. V., Grogan, M. D. W., Bradley, T. D., Couny, F., Birks, T. A. and Benabid, F., 2010. Ultra-high reflectivity hollow core PCF microcell using a tapered micro-mirror. In: Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference: 2010 Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO/QELS 2010. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Wang, Y., Couny, F., Mangan, B. J. and Benabid, F., 2010. Ultra-long-lived molecular coherence in hydrogen filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. In: Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference: 2010 Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO/QELS 2010. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Light, P. S., Benabid, F., Maric, M., Luiten, A. N. and Couny, F., 2008. Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in Rubidium-Filled Kagome HC-PCF. In: 2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics & Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. Vol. 1-9. IEEE, pp. 3281-3282. (IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting)

Wilding, N., Light, P. S., Couny, F. and Benabid, F., 2008. Experimental Comparison of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in Acetylene-Filled Kagome and Triangular Lattice Hollow Core Photonic Crystal Fiber. In: 2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics & Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. Vol. 1-9. IEEE, pp. 1953-1954. (IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting)

Couny, F., Benabid, F., Roberts, P. J., Light, P. S. and Raymer, M. G., 2008. Generation of Multi-Octave Optical-Frequency Combs in a Kagome Lattice Hollow Core Photonic Crystal Fiber. In: 2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics & Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. Vol. 1-9. IEEE, pp. 1973-1974. (IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting)

Beaudou, B., Couny, F., Benabid, F. and Roberts, P. J., 2008. Large Pitch Hollow Core Honeycomb Fiber. In: 2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics & Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. Vol. 1-9. IEEE, pp. 1981-1982. (IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting)

Benabid, F., Light, P. S. and Couny, F., 2008. Quantum Coherent Effects with Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal fibers. In: 2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics & Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. Vol. 1-9. IEEE, pp. 1990-1991. (IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting)

Couny, F., Roberts, P. J., Benabid, F. and Birks, T. A., 2008. Square-Lattice Large-Pitch Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber. In: 2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics & Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. Vol. 1-9. IEEE, pp. 913-914. (IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting)

Couny, F., Benabid, F. and Light, P. S., 2008. Sub-Watt Threshold CW Raman Fiber-Gas-Laser Based on H-2-Filled Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber. In: 2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics & Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. Vol. 1-9. IEEE, pp. 1545-1546. (IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting)

Beaudou, B., Couny, F., Wang, Y. Y., Light, P. S. and Benabid, F., 2008. Tapered Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal fiber for Cascaded Stimulated-Raman-Scattering. In: 2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics & Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. Vol. 1-9. IEEE, pp. 1979-1980. (IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting)

Articles

Wheeler, N. V., Grogan, M. D. W., Bradley, T. D., Couny, F., Birks, T. A. and Benabid, F., 2011. Multipass hollow core-PCF microcell using a tapered micromirror. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 29 (9), pp. 1314-1318.

Wang, Y. Y., Wheeler, N. V., Couny, F., Roberts, P. J. and Benabid, F., 2011. Low loss broadband transmission in hypocycloid-core Kagome hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Optics Letters, 36 (5), pp. 669-671.

Jones, A. M., Nampoothiri, A. V. V., Ratanavis, A., Fiedler, T., Wheeler, N. V., Couny, F., Kadel, R., Benabid, F., Washburn, B. R., Corwin, K. L. and Rudolph, W., 2011. Mid-infrared gas filled photonic crystal fiber laser based on population inversion. Optics Express, 19 (3), pp. 2309-2316.

Wang, Y., Wu, C., Couny, F., Raymer, M. and Benabid, F., 2010. Quantum-Fluctuation-Initiated Coherence in Multioctave Raman Optical Frequency Combs. Physical Review Letters, 105 (12), 123603.

Wheeler, N. V., Grogan, M. D. W., Light, P. S., Couny, F., Birks, T. A. and Benabid, F., 2010. Large-core acetylene-filled photonic microcells made by tapering a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Optics Letters, 35 (11), pp. 1875-1877.

Beaudou, B., Couny, F., Wang, Y. Y., Light, P. S., Wheeler, N. V., Gerome, F. and Benabid, F., 2010. Matched cascade of bandgap-shift and frequency-conversion using stimulated Raman scattering in a tapered hollow-core photonic crystal fibre. Optics Express, 18 (12), pp. 12381-12390.

Benabid, F., Couny, F. and Wang, Y. Y., 2010. Photonic microcell unleashes the full potential of gas lasers. Laser Focus World, 46 (5), pp. 55-60.

Wang, Y. Y., Couny, F., Light, P. S., Mangan, B. J. and Benabid, F., 2010. Compact and portable multiline UV and visible Raman lasers in hydrogen-filled HC-PCF. Optics Letters, 35 (8), pp. 1127-1129.

Nampoothiri, V., Jones, A. M., Ratanavis, A., Kadel, R., Wheeler, N., Couny, F., Benabid, F., Washburn, B. R., Corwin, K. L. and Rudolph, W., 2010. Mid-IR laser emission from a C2H2 gas filled hollow core photonic crystal fiber. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7580, 758001.

Peng, J. H., Sokolov, A. V., Benabid, F., Biancalana, F., Light, P., Couny, F. and Roberts, P. J., 2010. Widely tunable femtosecond solitonic radiation in photonic crystal fiber cladding. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 81 (3), 031803.

Wheeler, N. V., Light, P. S., Couny, F. and Benabid, F., 2010. Slow and superluminal light pulses via EIT in a 20-m acetylene-filled photonic microcell. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 28 (6), pp. 870-875.

Wheeler, N. V., Light, P. S., Couny, F. and Benabid, F., 2010. EIT-based slow and fast light in an all-fiber system. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7612, 761202.

Benabid, F. A., Couny, F. and Light, P. S., 2010. Double photonic band gap hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7609.

Heckl, O. H., Baer, C. R. E., Krankel, C., Marchese, S. V., Schapper, F., Holler, M., Sudmeyer, T., Robinson, J. S., Tisch, J. W. G., Couny, F., Light, P., Benabid, F. and Keller, U., 2009. High harmonic generation in a gas-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics, 97 (2), pp. 369-373.

Lim, J., Knabe, K., Tillman, K. A., Neely, W., Wang, Y., Amezcua-Correa, R., Couny, F., Light, P. S., Benabid, F., Knight, J. C., Corwin, K. L., Nicholson, J. W. and Washburn, B. R., 2009. A phase-stabilized carbon nanotube fiber laser frequency comb. Optics Express, 17 (16), pp. 14115-14120.

Light, P. S., Benabid, F., Pearce, G. J., Couny, F. and Bird, D. M., 2009. Electromagnetically induced transparency in acetylene molecules with counterpropagating beams in V and Lambda schemes. Applied Physics Letters, 94 (14), 141103.

Knabe, K., Wu, S., Lim, J. K., Tillman, K. A., Light, P. S., Couny, F., Wheeler, N., Thapa, R., Jones, A. M., Nicholson, J. W., Washburn, B. R., Benabid, F. and Corwin, K. L., 2009. 10 kHz accuracy of an optical frequency reference based on (C2H2)-C-12-filled large-core kagome photonic crystal fibers. Optics Express, 17 (18), pp. 16017-16026.

Couny, F., Carraz, O. and Benabid, F., 2009. Control of transient regime of stimulated Raman scattering using hollow-core PCF. Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics, 26 (6), pp. 1209-1215.

Light, P. S., Couny, F., Wang, Y., Wheeler, N. V., Roberts, P. J. and Benabid, F., 2009. Double photonic bandgap hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Optics Express, 17 (18), pp. 16238-16243.

Benabid, F., Roberts, P. J., Couny, F. and Light, P. S., 2009. Light and gas confinement in hollow-core photonic crystal fibre based photonic microcells. Journal of the European Optical Society - Rapid Publications, 4, 09004.

Couny, F. and Benabid, F., 2009. Optical frequency comb generation in gas-filled hollow core photonic crystal fibres. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 11 (10).

Couny, F., Roberts, P. J., Birks, T. A. and Benabid, F., 2008. Square-lattice large-pitch hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Optics Express, 16 (25), pp. 20626-20636.

Benabid, F., Biancalana, F., Light, P. S., Couny, F., Luiten, A., Roberts, P. J., Peng, J. and Sokolov, A. V., 2008. Fourth-order dispersion mediated solitonic radiations in HC-PCF cladding. Optics Letters, 33 (22), pp. 2680-2682.

Light, P. S., Benabid, F., Couny, F., Maric, M. and Luiten, A. N., 2007. Electromagnetically induced transparency in Rb-filled coated hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Optics Letters, 32 (10), pp. 1323-1325.

Couny, F., Benabid, F. and Carraz, O., 2007. Enhanced SRS in H-2 filled hollow core photonic crystal fibre by use of fibre Bragg grating. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 9 (2), pp. 156-159.

Wiederhecker, G. S., Cordeiro, C. M. B., Couny, F., Benabid, F., Maier, S. A., Knight, J. C., Cruz, C. H. B. and Fragnito, H. L., 2007. Field enhancement within an optical fibre with a subwavelength air core. Nature Photonics, 1 (2), pp. 115-118.

Couny, F., Benabid, F., Roberts, P. J., Light, P. S. and Raymer, M. G., 2007. Generation and photonic guidance of multi-octave optical-frequency combs. Science, 318 (5853), pp. 1118-1121.

Couny, F., Benabid, F., Roberts, P. J., Burnett, M. T. and Maier, S. A., 2007. Identification of Bloch-modes in hollow-core photonic crystal fiber cladding. Optics Express, 15 (2), pp. 325-338.

Couny, F., Benabid, F. and Light, P. S., 2007. Reduction of fresnel back-reflection at splice interface between hollow core PCF and single-mode fiber. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 19 Jul-Aug (13-16), pp. 1020-1022.

Couny, F., Benabid, F. and Light, P. S., 2007. Subwatt threshold cw raman fiber-gas laser based on H-2-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Physical Review Letters, 99 (14), p. 143903.

Couny, F., Light, P. S., Benabid, F. and Russell, P. S., 2006. Electromagnetically induced transparency and saturable absorption in all-fiber devices based on (C2H2)-C-12-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Optics Communications, 263 (1), pp. 28-31.

Couny, F., Benabid, F. and Light, P. S., 2006. Large-pitch kagome-structured hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Optics Letters, 31 (24), pp. 3574-3576.

Light, P. S., Couny, F. and Benabid, F., 2006. Low optical insertion-loss and vacuum-pressure all-fiber acetylene cell based on hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Optics Letters, 31 (17), pp. 2538-2540.

Benabid, F., Couny, F., Knight, J. C., Birks, T. A. and Russell, P. S., 2005. Compact, stable and efficient all-fibre gas cells using hollow-core photonic crystal fibres. Nature, 434 (7032), pp. 488-491.

Benabid, F., Light, P. S., Couny, F. and Russell, P. S., 2005. Electromagnetically-induced transparency grid in acetylene-filled hollow-core PCF. Optics Express, 13 (15), pp. 5694-5703.

Shephard, J. D., Couny, F., Russell, P. S., Jones, J. D. C., Knight, J. C. and Hand, D. P., 2005. Improved hollow-core photonic crystal fiber design for delivery of nanosecond pulses in laser micromachining applications. Applied Optics, 44 (21), pp. 4582-4588.

Roberts, P. J., Couny, F., Sabert, H., Mangan, B. J., Birks, T. A., Knight, J. C. and Russell, P. S., 2005. Loss in solid-core photonic crystal fibers due to interface roughness scattering. Optics Express, 13 (20), pp. 7779-7793.

Roberts, P. J., Williams, D. P., Mangan, B. J., Sabert, H., Couny, F., Wadsworth, W. J., Birks, T. A., Knight, J. C. and Russell, P. S. J., 2005. Realizing low loss air core photonic crystal fibers by exploiting an antiresonant core surround. Optics Express, 13 (20), pp. 8277-8285.

Galea, A. D., Couny, F., Coupland, S., Roberts, P. J., Sabert, H., Knight, J. C., Birks, T. A. and Russell, P. S. J., 2005. Selective mode excitation in hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. Optics Letters, 30 (7), pp. 717-719.

Roberts, P. J., Couny, F., Sabert, H., Mangan, B. J., Williams, D. P., Farr, L., Mason, M. W., Tomlinson, A., Birks, T. A., Knight, J. C. and Russell, P. S. J., 2005. Ultimate low loss of hollow-core photonic crystal fibres. Optics Express, 13 (1), pp. 236-244.

Couny, F., Sabert, H., Roberts, P. J., Williams, D. P., Tomlinson, A., Mangan, B. J., Farr, L., Knight, J. C., Birks, T. A. and Russell, P. S., 2005. Visualizing the photonic band gap in hollow core photonic crystal fibers. Optics Express, 13 (2), pp. 558-563.

Benabid, F., Bouwmans, G., Knight, J. C., St Russell, P. and Couny, F., 2004. Ultrahigh efficiency laser wavelength conversion in a gas-filled hollow core photonic crystal fiber by pure stimulated rotational Raman scattering in molecular hydrogen. Physical Review Letters, 93 (12).

Kakarantzas, G., Ortigosa-Blanch, A., Birks, T. A., Russell, P. S., Farr, L., Couny, F. and Mangan, B. J., 2003. Structural rocking filters in highly birefringent photonic crystal fiber. Optics Letters, 28 (3), pp. 158-160.

Conference or Workshop Items

Light, P. S., Benabid, F., Couny, F., Pearce, G. and Bird, D. M., 2007. Experimental Study Comparing EIT in V and Lambda Schemes in Acetylene-Filled HC-PCF. In: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO/QELS 2007), 2007-05-06 - 2007-05-11, Baltimore, MD.

Wiederhecker, G. S., Cordeiro, C. M. B., Couny, F., Benabid, F., Maier, S., Knight, J. C., Cruz, C. H. B. and Fragnito, H. L., 2007. Sub-Wavelength Intensity Profiles and Field Enhancement within an Optical Fiber. In: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO/QELS 2007), 2007-05-06 - 2007-05-11, Baltimore, MD.

Roberts, P. J., Couny, F., Birks, T. A., Knight, J. C., St Russell, P. J., Mangan, B. J., Sabert, H., Williams, D. P. and Farr, L., 2005. Achieving low loss and low nonlinearity in hollow core photonic crystal fibers. In: Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on, 2005-01-01.

Benabid, F., Couny, F., Knight, J. C., Birks, T. A. and Russell, P. S. J., 2005. All-fiber single-mode hollow-core gas cells for stimulated Raman scattering and laser frequency stabilization. In: Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on, 2005-01-01.

Birks, T. A., Roberts, P. J., Couny, F., Sabert, H., Mangan, B. J., Williams, D. P., Farr, L., Mason, M. W., Tomlinson, A., Knight, J. C. and Russell, P. S. J., 2005. The fundamental limits to the attenuation of hollow-core photonic crystal fibres. In: Transparent Optical Networks, 2005, Proceedings of 2005 7th International Conference, 2005-01-01.

Mangan, B. J., Farr, L., Langford, A., Roberts, P. J., Williams, D. P., Couny, F., Lawman, M., Mason, M., Coupland, S., Flea, R., Sabert, H., Birks, T. A., Knight, J. C. and Russell, P. S. J., 2004. Low loss (1.7 dB/km) hollow core photonic bandgap fiber. In: Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004, 2004-01-01.

Mangan, B. J., Couny, F., Farr, L., Langford, A., Roberts, P. J., Williams, D. P., Banham, M., Mason, M. W., Murphy, D. F., Brown, E. A. M., Sabert, H., Birks, T. A., Knight, J. C. and Russell, P. S. J., 2004. Slope-matched dispersion-compensating photonic crystal fibre. In: Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on, 2004-01-01.

Thesis

Couny, F., 2008. Photonic solutions towards optical waveform synthesis. Thesis (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)). University of Bath.

Patent

Benabid, Fetah, 2010. Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibre. G01J3/44-US2010328658 (A1), 30 December 2010.