Ultraviolet laser delivery using an uncoated hollow taper
| Autor: | M.A. Bonaguidi, I.K. Ilev, R.W. Waynant, M.N. Ediger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
Coupling
Materials science Multi-mode optical fiber Optical fiber business.industry Condensed Matter Physics medicine.disease_cause Laser Q-switching Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics law.invention Optics law medicine Coupling efficiency Homogenizer Electrical and Electronic Engineering business Ultraviolet |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 36:944-948 |
| ISSN: | 1558-1713 0018-9197 |
| DOI: | 10.1109/3.853551 |
| Popis: | We demonstrate a simple grazing-incidence-based method for ultraviolet (UV) laser delivery and direct laser-to-taper coupling using an uncoated glass hollow taper. The taper serves as a mode homogenizer that converts the strongly multimode distribution of the input laser emission into a high-quality smooth profile at the taper output. An uncoated pyrex-glass hollow taper is used for direct launching, without any intermediate focusing elements, of UV laser emission from the third harmonic ( 355 nm) of a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser into the taper. The linear hollow taper provides a laser-to-taper coupling efficiency exceeding 70%. |
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