Abstract
High peak power laser light is used in a wide range of applications, including precision machining of a range of materials and measurement of high speed gas flows. Previously, fibre optic delivery for such applications has only been possible using either large core multimode step-index fibres, or hollow waveguide fibres based on Fresnel reflections; in each case low beam quality is produced. The high damage thresholds which have been demonstrated with photonic bandgap fibres provide an alternative solution, delivering a very high quality beam. In this paper results obtained with such fibres are presented, with reference to machining and flow measurement applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of 2004 6th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks |
| Pages | 103-106 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
| Event | Proceedings of 2004 6th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks - Wroclaw, Poland Duration: 5 Jul 2004 → 8 Jul 2004 |
Conference
| Conference | Proceedings of 2004 6th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks |
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| Country/Territory | Poland |
| City | Wroclaw |
| Period | 5/07/04 → 8/07/04 |