High energy green nanosecond and picosecond pulse delivery through a negative curvature fiber for precision micro-machining

作者:Jaworski Piotr; Yu Fei; Carter Richard M; Knight Jonathan C; Shephard Jonathan D; Hand Duncan P
来源:Optics Express, 2015, 23(7): 8498-8506.
DOI:10.1364/OE.23.008498

摘要

In this paper we present an anti-resonant guiding, low-loss Negative Curvature Fiber (NCF) for the efficient delivery of high energy short (ns) and ultrashort (ps) pulsed laser light in the green spectral region. The fabricated NCF has an attenuation of 0.15 dB/m and 0.18 dB/m at 532 nm and 515 nm respectively, and provided robust transmission of nanosecond and picosecond pulses with energies of 0.57 mJ (10.4 kW peak power) and 30 mu J (5 MW peak power) respectively. It provides singlemode, stable (low bend-sensitivity) output and maintains spectral and temporal properties of the source laser beam. The practical application of fiber-delivered pulses has been demonstrated in precision micro-machining and marking of metals and glass.

  • 出版日期2015-4-6