TY - JOUR A1 - Mann, Guido A1 - Jurke, Mathias A1 - Zoheidi, M. A1 - Eberstein, Markus A1 - Krüger, Jörg T1 - Influence of core diameter and coating material on nanosecond laser-induced damage threshold of optical multimode fibers T2 - Journal of optoelectronics and advanced materials N2 - Single and multi pulse laser-induced damage thresholds (LIDT) of core, cladding, and coating materials of high-power optical multimode fibers were determined in accordance with ISO 11254 for 532 nm and 1064 nm wavelength in the 10-ns pulse duration regime with spatial Gaussian beam shape. For all-silica fibers, LIDT increases with rising core diameter in a range between 100-600 µm for a constant cladding-core ratio of 1.2. The damage resistance of the low refracting cladding (0.3 % fluorine doped fused silica) is comparable to the undoped SiO2 core. Coating materials show significantly lower LIDT than light-guiding parts of the fibers. PB - INOE & INFM CY - Bucharest KW - Fiber waveguides (42.81.Qb) KW - Physical radiation damage (61.80.-x) KW - Laser-beam impact phenomena (79.20.Ds) KW - Glasses (81.05.Kf) PY - 2010 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/21083 AN - OPUS4-21083 SN - 1454-4164 VL - 12 IS - 3 SP - 711 EP - 714 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany