High-power Nd : YAG laser picosecond pulse delivery by a polymer-coated silver hollow-glass waveguide

Authors
Jelinkova, H Sulc, J Cerny, P Shi, YW Matsuura, Y Miyagi, M
Citation
H. Jelinkova et al., High-power Nd : YAG laser picosecond pulse delivery by a polymer-coated silver hollow-glass waveguide, OPTICS LETT, 24(14), 1999, pp. 957-959
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
14
Year of publication
1999
Pages
957 - 959
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(19990715)24:14<957:HN:YLP>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
An oscillator-amplifier high-power Nd:YAG laser system was used for transmi ssion of a single 50-ps-long pulse or a train of pulses through a cyclic ol efin polymer-coated silver hollow-glass waveguide. The maximum energy that was transmitted was 150 mJ for the train of pulses and 40 mJ for the single pulse, from which followed a delivered power of 100 GW/cm(2). The characte ristics that were obtained make these waveguides promising for the delivery of high-power laser pulses in medical as well as other applications. (C) 1 999 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 140.3280, 230.4910, 230.7370, 06 0.5530, 320.5390, 320.7090.