Demonstration of CO2-laser power delivery through chalcogenide-glass fiber with negative-curvature hollow core

Opt Express. 2011 Dec 5;19(25):25723-8. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.025723.

Abstract

A technologically simple optical fiber cross-section structure with a negative-curvature hollow-core has been proposed for the delivery of the CO2 laser radiation. The structure was optimized numerically and then realized using Te20As30Se50 (TAS) chalcogenide glass. Guidance of the 10.6 µm СО2-laser radiation through this TAS-glass hollow-core fiber has been demonstrated. The loss at λ=10.6 μm was amounted ~11 dB/m. A resonance behavior of the fiber bend loss as a function of the bend radius has been revealed.

MeSH terms

  • Chalcogens / chemistry*
  • Energy Transfer
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Fiber Optic Technology / instrumentation*
  • Lasers, Gas*
  • Porosity
  • Scattering, Radiation

Substances

  • Chalcogens