title: KRS-5 optical fibers capable of transmitting high-power CO(2) laser beam.
abstract: Polycrystalline KRS-5 optical fibers were experimentally demonstrated to have high-power transmission capabilities for a cw CO(2) laser beam. A typical sample of fibers provided by extrusion, 1 mm in diameter and 0.87 m in length, carried a laser power of 68 W to its output end and was found to remain free from damage at an incoming laser intensity up to 30 kW/cm(2).
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakuragi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imagawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kotani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shimada