• DocumentCode
    1976461
  • Title

    Delivery of high-peak power nanosecond pulses through air-core photonic bandgap fibres

  • Author

    Shephard, J.D. ; Jones, J.D.C. ; Hand, D.P. ; Bouwmans, G. ; Knight, J.C. ; Russell, P. St J ; Mangan, B.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Appl. Opt. & Photonics Group, Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    Nanosecond pulses with peak powers in the order of 12 kW have been delivered single-mode through air-core photonic bandgap fibres at 1064 nm using a high repetition rate (15 kHz) Nd:YAG laser.
  • Keywords
    neodymium; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; photonic band gap; 1064 nm; 12 kW; 15 kHz; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; air-core photonic bandgap fibres; high-peak power nanosecond pulses; repetition rate;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1360822