Optical fibers for high-power operation
Jauregui C, Limpert J (2020)
Publication Type: Authored book
Publication year: 2020
Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology
ISBN: 9781785617515
DOI: 10.1049/pbcs054e_ch7
Abstract
Optical fibers have demonstrated, against all early predictions, that their geometry is extremely well-suited for handling high optical powers. However, over the years, many refinements have been done to the basic structure of these waveguides to allow guiding and generating high-powers. As a result of this development the fibers employed in high-power laser systems differ significantly from those typically used in other fields such as telecommunications and/or sensors. Therefore, this chapter is devoted to describing and explaining the main intricacies of those optical fiber designs presently used for high-power operation. In this context, the main goal of this chapter is that the reader gets an overview of the different fiber designs and building blocks of high-power optical fibers. The chapter is divided into three main parts: a brief historical overview of the evolution of this technology, a description of the main constituents of fibers for high-power operation (including the core, the pump cladding and materials), and, finally, an outlook in which novel trends in the design of these waveguides are briefly described.
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APA:
Jauregui, C., & Limpert, J. (2020). Optical fibers for high-power operation. Institution of Engineering and Technology.
MLA:
Jauregui, Cesar, and Jens Limpert. Optical fibers for high-power operation. Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2020.
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