Injecting a pulsed YAG laser beam into a fiber

William C. Sweatt; Robert E. Setchell; Mial E. Warren; Michael W. Farn

doi:10.1117/12.274426

15 May 1997 Injecting a pulsed YAG laser beam into a fiber

William C. Sweatt, Robert E. Setchell, Mial E. Warren, Michael W. Farn

Proceedings Volume 3010, Diffractive and Holographic Device Technologies and Applications IV; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274426
Event: Photonics West '97, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

A system has been built and is now being tested that can inject a very high power. pulsed yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) laser beam into a multimode fiber without damaging the fiber. This design is quite tolerant to changes in the laser beam quality and alignment errors, thereby making the system largely maintenance free. This beam-injection architecture is expected to be useful for medical and industrial applications.

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William C. Sweatt, Robert E. Setchell, Mial E. Warren, and Michael W. Farn "Injecting a pulsed YAG laser beam into a fiber", Proc. SPIE 3010, Diffractive and Holographic Device Technologies and Applications IV, (15 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274426

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