Liquid phase deposition of GeO 2 glass hollow waveguide for delivery of CO 2 laser radiation

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Abstract

CO2 laser (wavelength 10.6 μm) has important applications in laser surgery, material processing, infrared sensors and imaging. CO2 laser optical waveguides are gaining a central position in these applications. Glass-drawing technique and sol-gel methods have been used to prepare GeO2 and germania-based glass hollow waveguides. In this work, a GeO2 glass hollow waveguide sample was fabricated by using a liquid phase deposition (LPD) approach. The morphology, structure and optical transmission properties of the sample were studied. The results indicate that a GeO2 glass reflective layer could be formed on the inner wall of a silica glass capillary tube via the LPD process. The GeO2 glass layer and the substrate silica glass tube constitute an attenuated total reflectance (ATR) hollow waveguide structure. An nr<1 band centering at around 10.6 μm is observed by loss spectrum analysis of the sample. The sample shows a mean loss of 1.13 dB/m for delivery of a ∼35 W CO2 laser beam (TEM00).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 Symposium on Photonics and Optoelectronics, SOPO 2012
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 International Symposium on Photonics and Optoelectronics, SOPO 2012 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 21 May 201223 May 2012

Publication series

Name2012 Symposium on Photonics and Optoelectronics, SOPO 2012

Conference

Conference2012 International Symposium on Photonics and Optoelectronics, SOPO 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period21/05/1223/05/12

Keywords

  • CO laser
  • GeO glass hollow waveguide
  • anomalous dispersion
  • liquid phase deposition (LPD) process

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