Laser Diode Fiber Optic Coupling

Laser processing of as cast nab with nominal composition cu 8 5al 5ni 4 5fe wt was carried out with a fiber coupled 3 5 kw laserline diode laser.

Laser diode fiber optic coupling. Many diode lasers are thus sold in fiber coupled form with robust fiber coupling optics e g a permanent laser welded fiber attachment built into the laser package. The beam was delivered via a 1 mm diameter optic fiber terminated with a 200 mm collimating and focussing optic attached to a motoman up20 robot see figure 20 5a. Fiber optics are widely used in laser technology because of their ability to trap light and guide it from one location to another without experiencing. The used fibers and techniques differ very much for different diode lasers.

An even more important restriction is that the angle from the lens to the fiber θ 2 must be less than the na of the optical fiber. The fiber has a core diameter of 50 µm and an na of 0 20. Core diameter and numerical aperture we mentioned how the numerical aperture depends on the relationship between the index of the core and the cladding and that this directly relates to the angular. Let s consider coupling the light from a r 30990 hene laser into an f msd fiber.

Fiber coupling part 1 of 2 fiber coupled diode lasers have become commonplace since the telecom boom of the 1990s but many people still don t fully understand the intricacies of the fiber coupling process itself. Optical communication devices are an important foundation of the information industry.