TY - GEN
T1 - Transfer capability of 3-5 μm radiation by hollow glass waveguide
AU - Němec, Michal
AU - Jelínková, Helena
AU - Miyagi, Mitsunobu
AU - Takaku, Hiroyuki
AU - Iwai, Katsumasa
AU - Matsuura, Yuji
AU - Doroshenko, Maxim
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The aim of this work was the delivery investigation of 3 - 5 μm laser radiation by a hollow glass waveguide. The waveguide was formed by a supporting fused silica glass capillary tube with a silver layer deposited on the inside wall. As an inner dielectric material film, a cyclic olefin polymer (COP) was used. The primary parameters of the sample investigated were the inner/outer diameter 700/850 μm and the length of up to 110 cm. As radiation sources, three lasers generating in mid-infrared spectral region were designed and constructed. The flash-lamp-pumped Er:YAG laser operated at 2.94 μm wavelength. The second system was 4.3 μm Dy:PbGa 2Si laser. Its coherent pumping was performed by the flashlamp pumped Er:YLF laser generating at 1.73 μm wavelength. The third laser emitting at 4.45 μm was based on Fe:ZnSe active medium pumped by electro-optically Q-switched Er:YAG laser radiation (2.94 μm). The study presented describes a transfer capability of 3 - 5 μm radiation by COP/Ag hollow glass waveguide. The delivery efficiency and spatial structure were investigated. The transmission measured reached 84 %, 58 %, and 64 % for Er:YAG (2.94 μm), Dy:PbGa2S4 (4.3 μm), and Fe:ZnSe (4.45 μm) laser systems, respectively. The spatial beam structure transferred was similar for all systems. The laser delivery system based on COP/Ag hollow glass waveguide can be useful for some mid-infrared radiation applications.
AB - The aim of this work was the delivery investigation of 3 - 5 μm laser radiation by a hollow glass waveguide. The waveguide was formed by a supporting fused silica glass capillary tube with a silver layer deposited on the inside wall. As an inner dielectric material film, a cyclic olefin polymer (COP) was used. The primary parameters of the sample investigated were the inner/outer diameter 700/850 μm and the length of up to 110 cm. As radiation sources, three lasers generating in mid-infrared spectral region were designed and constructed. The flash-lamp-pumped Er:YAG laser operated at 2.94 μm wavelength. The second system was 4.3 μm Dy:PbGa 2Si laser. Its coherent pumping was performed by the flashlamp pumped Er:YLF laser generating at 1.73 μm wavelength. The third laser emitting at 4.45 μm was based on Fe:ZnSe active medium pumped by electro-optically Q-switched Er:YAG laser radiation (2.94 μm). The study presented describes a transfer capability of 3 - 5 μm radiation by COP/Ag hollow glass waveguide. The delivery efficiency and spatial structure were investigated. The transmission measured reached 84 %, 58 %, and 64 % for Er:YAG (2.94 μm), Dy:PbGa2S4 (4.3 μm), and Fe:ZnSe (4.45 μm) laser systems, respectively. The spatial beam structure transferred was similar for all systems. The laser delivery system based on COP/Ag hollow glass waveguide can be useful for some mid-infrared radiation applications.
KW - Dy:PbGa S laser
KW - Er:YAG laser
KW - Fe:ZnSe laser
KW - Hollow glass waveguide
KW - Mid-IR lasers
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U2 - 10.1117/12.921525
DO - 10.1117/12.921525
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84861970296
SN - 9780819491251
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Laser Sources and Applications
T2 - Laser Sources and Applications
Y2 - 16 April 2012 through 19 April 2012
ER -