Single-crystal YAG fiber optics for the transmission of high energy laser energy

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7894, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zhu, X S ^a,c   Harrington, James A ^a   Laustsen, B T ^a   DeShazer, L G ^b  

^a Piscataway   (United States)

^b Lightwave Energenics   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Infrared fiber optics; oxide crystal fibers; single crystal fibers

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; HIGH-POWER; INFRARED FIBERS; LASER DAMAGE THRESHOLD; LASER ENERGIES; LASER HEATED PEDESTAL GROWTH; LASER HOSTS; OXIDE CRYSTAL FIBERS; OXIDE CRYSTALS; SAPPHIRE FIBER; SINGLE-CRYSTAL FIBERS; YAG; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBER OPTICS; GARNETS; HIGH ENERGY LASERS; INFRARED TRANSMISSION; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONICS; SAPPHIRE; SENSORS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLID STATE LASERS; YTTRIUM;

FIBERS;

EID: 79954491434     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.881549     Document Type: Conference Paper

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