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Hollow fibers for delivery of harmonic pulses of Q-switched Nd:YAG lasers

Authors :
Matsuura, Yuji
Takada, Goro
Yamamoto, Takashi
Shi, Yi-Wei
Miyagi, Mitsunobu
Source :
Applied Optics. Jan 20, 2002, Vol. 41 Issue 3, p442, 4 p.
Publication Year :
2002

Abstract

Flexible hollow fibers for delivery of the second, third, and fourth harmonic pulses of Q-switched Nd:YAG lasers are introduced. For the doubled (532-nm) wavelength, we fabricated a hollow fiber with an internal metal and polymer film by using a silver-mirror plating and a liquid-phase-coating method. For tripled (355-nm) and quadrupled (266-nm) Nd:YAG in the ultraviolet region, we fabricated aluminum hollow fibers with or without an internal polymer layer by using the metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition method. Both types of fiber show high stability for the transmission of high-peak power laser pulses with low transmission losses. OCIS codes: 060.2280, 060.2310.

Details

ISSN :
1559128X
Volume :
41
Issue :
3
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Applied Optics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.82322879