Title :
Bench top milli-joule energy-level nanosecond pulse delivery through hollow-core fiber
Author :
Beaudou, B. ; Gerôme, F. ; Gaborel, G. ; Humbert, G. ; Auguste, J.L. ; Cheng, Y. ; Blondy, J.M. ; Benabid, F.
Author_Institution :
CNRS, Univ. de Limoges, Limoges, France
Abstract :
We report on the fabrication of a large pitch hollow-core fiber designed for maximizing energy transmission at 1064nm. Due to an air-mode/silica overlap reduced to 0.05%, a first demonstration of 4mJ nanosecond-pulses coupling is achieved.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical design techniques; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; SiO3; air-mode/silica overlap; bench top nanosecond pulse delivery; energy transmission; energy-level nanosecond pulse delivery; large pitch hollow-core fiber; milli-joule nanosecond pulse delivery; nanosecond-pulses coupling; wavelength 1064 nm; Couplings; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser modes; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber polarization; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
