• DocumentCode
    1656344
  • Title

    Milli-joule laser pulse delivery and spark ignition through kagome fiber

  • Author

    Beaudou, B. ; Gerôme, F. ; Wang, Y.Y. ; Alharbi, M. ; Bradley, T.D. ; Humbert, G. ; Auguste, J.L. ; Blondy, J.M. ; Benabid, F.

  • Author_Institution
    Xlim, Univ. de Limoges, Limoges, France
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate for the first time ns-laser spark ignition through kagome-type fibers in a friendly manner. The energy threshold damage is pushed over the 10mJ-level and the output power density is approaching TW/cm2 after focusing.
  • Keywords
    ignition; optical design techniques; optical fibre fabrication; optical pulse generation; sparks; kagome-type fibers; milli-joule laser pulse delivery; spark ignition; Fiber lasers; Ignition; Laser beams; Optical fiber polarization; Silicon compounds; Sparks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325762