title: Hollow-fiber delivery of high-power pulsed Nd:YAG laser light.
abstract: We propose hollow fibers for delivery of high-peak-power pulsed Nd:YAG laser light. Hollow fibers with an internal polymer layer were fabricated by a liquid-phase coating technique. We reduced the losses of the fibers in the near-infrared region by producing a silver film that was very smooth owing to use of an ultrasonic wave for mixing of the silver and the reducer solutions in the silver-plating process. The straight losses of the 1-m-long polymer-coated fibers were 0.3 dB for the 700-mum bore size and 0.1 dB for the 1000-mum bore fiber.
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Matsuura
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Hanamoto
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Sato
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Miyagi