Title :
Few-mode YAG crystal fiber cladded by high-index glass
Author :
Hsu, Kuang-Yu ; Yang, Mu-Han ; Jheng, Dong-Yo ; Lai, Chien-Chih ; Huang, Sheng-Lung ; Mennemann, Karl ; Dietrich, Volker
Author_Institution :
Grad. Inst. of Photonics & Optoelectron., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
A 40-μm-diameter YAG single crystal fiber cladded by N-SF57 high-index glass was fabricated using the co-drawing laser-heated pedestal growth method. The number of guiding modes of the crystal fiber at 532 nm is estimated to be five.
Keywords :
drawing (mechanical); laser materials processing; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre fabrication; optical glass; yttrium compounds; N-SF57 high-index glass; YAG; cladded few-mode YAG crystal fiber; codrawing laser-heated pedestal growth method; guiding modes; size 40 mum; wavelength 532 nm; Crystals; Fiber lasers; Glass; Indexes; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
