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
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