Lensed-taper launching coupler for high-energy Er:YAG laser

Yuji Matsuura; Hajime Hiraga; Mitsunobu Miyagi

doi:10.1117/12.336917

15 January 1999 Lensed-taper launching coupler for high-energy Er:YAG laser

Yuji Matsuura, Hajime Hiraga, Mitsunobu Miyagi

Proceedings Volume 3570, Biomedical Sensors, Fibers, and Optical Delivery Systems; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.336917
Event: BiOS Europe '98, 1998, Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

To achieve efficient launching from the Er:YAG laser light to hollow fibers, we have developed a lensed-taper coupler, which is composed of a lens and a tapered hollow section with an inner coating of a cyclic olefin polymer and a silver. Transmission properties of the coupler have been experimentally investigated for the high-energy Er:YAG laser.

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Yuji Matsuura, Hajime Hiraga, and Mitsunobu Miyagi "Lensed-taper launching coupler for high-energy Er:YAG laser", Proc. SPIE 3570, Biomedical Sensors, Fibers, and Optical Delivery Systems, (15 January 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.336917

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