Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 37, Issue 8, 1934(2010)
Experiment on Delivery of Megawatt Nd:YAG Laser Pulses by Large-Core Optical Fibers
The experimental study on transmission characteristics of high-peak power laser pulses with width of 5 ns and wavelength of 1064 nm via all-silica fibers with core diameter of 600 μm are demonstrated. According to N-ON-1 test mode,the laser induced fiber damage threshold and transmission efficiency curve are obtained. The 50% probability damage threshold is 24 mJ,the average output energy is 14 mJ,and the peak power approaches to 3 MW. The three processes of fiber delivery high-peak power laser pulsed are presented,which are undamaged stage (steady state),laser-induced plasma stage (unsteady state) and laser-induced fiber core damage stage (transmission cut-off). The damaged morphologies and damage mechanism are investigated. The synchronous increases of laser induced plasma threshold and entry damage threshold can improve optical fiber capability for high power laser delivery.
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Zhao Xinghai, Hu Jianping, Gao Yang, Ma Ping, Tan Gang, Wu Jiali. Experiment on Delivery of Megawatt Nd:YAG Laser Pulses by Large-Core Optical Fibers[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2010, 37(8): 1934
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Received: Nov. 10, 2009
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Published Online: Aug. 13, 2010
The Author Email: Xinghai Zhao (xinghaiuestc@126.com)