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The feasibility of transmitting 20 MW, 5 ns laser pulses from a frequency doubled Nd:YAG laser through a standard 1500 μm multi mode optical fiber is demonstrated. A new coupling scheme employing an optical homogenizer prevents breakdown in air without the use of a vacuum chamber. At the same time a very homogeneous flat top beam profile on the fiber surface is achieved. The new scheme therefore clearly simplifies fiber coupling of high power laser pulses. Experiments on the delivery of more than 20000 pulses with 110 mJ mean energy without fiber damage have been performed.
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Received: 2 August 2000 / Revised version: 18 August 2000 / Published online: 22 November 2000
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Schmidt-Uhlig, T., Karlitschek, P., Marowsky, G. et al. New simplified coupling scheme for the delivery of 20 MW Nd:YAG laser pulses by large core optical fibers . Appl Phys B 72, 183–186 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400000462
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400000462