High Power Fiber Optic Delivery Systems

Conference · Mon Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5948233

English, Jr,, R. Edward ^[1]; Johnson, Steve A. ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

We present a system architecture for a high power fiber optic delivery system to deliver the laser power from many sources to many destinations. For our application, the sources are copper vapor laser chains and the destinations are dye laser amplifiers. By means of this fiber delivery architecture, the delivery system can be configured conveniently in a fully redundant fashion. In this system the light arriving at every destination includes an equal fraction from every source. We also describe the functions of the opto-mechanical components necessary for implementation of this architecture.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5948233
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC--108892; CONF-920367--3; ON: DE92007348
• Resource Type: Conference paper/presentation
• Conference Information: Department of Defense (DOD) fiber optics conference, McLean, VA (United States), 23-27 Mar 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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07 ISOTOPE AND RADIATION SOURCES
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42 ENGINEERING
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DYE LASERS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
FIBER OPTICS
GAS LASERS
ISOTOPE SEPARATION
LASER ISOTOPE SEPARATION
LASER RADIATION
LASERS
LIQUID LASERS
METAL VAPOR LASERS
RADIATIONS
SEPARATION PROCESSES