Helical Large-Core Fiber Lasers

Abstract

This report results from a contract tasking University of Southampton as follows: The contractor will investigate a simple alternative approach for selecting the polarization of light transmitted through an optical fiber based on the use of a fiber with a core (transmitting region) that has a helical (corkscrew) trajectory along the fiber. This should allow the use of fibers with a larger core area, capable of transmitting more power while maintaining good control of the light distribution in the fiber. The project will examine ways to produce helical-core fibers will test their properties for light propagation, will develop and test alternative designs and will deliver samples of helical-core optical fiber lasers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 27, 2005
Accession Number
ADA445371

Entities

People

  • J. K. Sahu
  • L. J. Cooper
  • Pingshan Wang
  • W. A. Clarkson

Organizations

  • University of Southampton

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Amplifiers
  • Fibers
  • Geometry
  • Lasers
  • Light Sources
  • Linear Polarization
  • Measurement
  • Optical Fiber Lasers
  • Optical Fibers
  • Optics
  • Polarization
  • Polarizers
  • Scattering
  • Trajectories
  • Waveplates
  • Yag Lasers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Neural Network Machine Learning.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy