Performance of low mode and single mode optical fibers for high peak power 355 nm laser radiation

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7894, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hillrichs, Georg ^b   Gonschior, Cornell ^a   Klein, Karl Friedrich ^a   Wandschneider, René ^b  

^a University of Applied Science   (Germany)

^b University of Applied Sciences Merseburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

flexible beam guiding; optical fiber; UV single mode fibers; UV laser applications

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE THRESHOLD; FIBER CORES; FIBER LENGTH; FLEXIBLE BEAM; FLUENCES; GOOD BEAM QUALITY; HIGH PEAK POWER; HIGH PULSE REPETITION RATE; INTENSITY LEVELS; LASER FLUENCES; LASER MICRO PROCESSING; LONG TERM; MICROSTRUCTURAL DAMAGE; PEAK POWER; REPETITION FREQUENCY; SINGLE MODE; SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBER; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY; UV BEAMS; UV LASER BEAM; UV SINGLE MODE FIBERS; UV-LASER APPLICATIONS;

FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; ION BEAMS; LASER RADIATION; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL FIBERS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; SENSORS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SPINNING (FIBERS); ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 79954538295     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.877836     Document Type: Conference Paper

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