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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
