Feasibility study on optical fibers for CO2 laser power transmission

Johannes Tschepe; Gerhard J. Mueller; Lev Nagli; Alla German; Abraham Katzir

doi:10.1117/12.60222

1 August 1992 Feasibility study on optical fibers for CO₂ laser power transmission

Johannes Tschepe, Gerhard J. Mueller, Lev Nagli, Alla German, Abraham Katzir

Proceedings Volume 1649, Optical Fibers in Medicine VII; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.60222
Event: OE/LASE '92, 1992, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Laser power transmission experiments through silver halide discs and fibers have been performed. In these experiments cw, long pulsed and short pulsed (TEA) CO2 lasers, with power levels of 20 - 40 W or pulsed laser with energies of hundreds of mJ per pulse, have been used. The mechanical and optical properties of unclad fibers made of various alloys AgClxBr1-x with 0 < x < 1 were investigated. Compounds with x approximately equals .5 proved most suitable. They have optical losses of about .2 dB/m at (lambda) equals 10.6 micrometers and good mechanical properties.

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Johannes Tschepe, Gerhard J. Mueller, Lev Nagli, Alla German, and Abraham Katzir "Feasibility study on optical fibers for CO₂ laser power transmission", Proc. SPIE 1649, Optical Fibers in Medicine VII, (1 August 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.60222

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