Improved hollow-core photonic crystal fiber design for delivery of nanosecond pulses in laser micromachining applications

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 4582-4588

  Shephard, Jonathan D ^a   Couny, Francois ^b   Russell, Phillip St J ^b   Jones, Julian D C ^a   Knight, Jonathan C ^b   Hand, Duncan P ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CRYSTALS; LASER PULSES; MICROMACHINING; PHOTONS; SILICA; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

LASER CUTTING; LASER-INDUCED DAMAGE THRESHOLD (LIDT); NANOSECOND PULSES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

FIBER OPTICS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MATERIALS; METALLURGY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; LASERS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; METALLURGY; MINIATURIZATION; PHOTONS;

EID: 23344438716     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.004582     Document Type: Article

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