Title :
Delivery of 10-MW Nd:YAG laser pulses by bundled hollow fibers
Author :
Yilmaz, Özgur ; Matsuura, Yuji ; Miyagi, Mitsunobu
Author_Institution :
Tohoku University, Japan; yozgur@miyagi.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp
Abstract :
We propose to use a bundle of hollow fibers for delivery of Q-switched Nd:YAG laser pulses with a peak power of 10 MW. For the second harmonic Nd:YAG laser light (λ= 532 nm), a bundle of hollow glass fibers with silver inner coating transmits 70-mJ pulses with a pulse width of 5-8 ns. Bending losses are also reasonable for practical uses.
Keywords :
Coatings; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Loss measurement; Optical coupling; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Silver; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569505