TY - JOUR A1 - Mann, Guido A1 - Vogel, Jens A1 - Preuß, Rüdiger A1 - Vaziri, Pouya A1 - Zoheidi, M. A1 - Eberstein, Markus A1 - Krüger, Jörg T1 - Nanosecond laser-induced surface damage of optical multimode fibers and their preforms JF - Applied physics A N2 - High-power optical multimode fibers are essential components for materials processing and surgery and can limit the performance of expensive systems due to breakdown at the end faces. The aim of this paper is the determination of laser-induced damage thresholds (LIDT) of fibers (FiberTech) and preforms (Heraeus Suprasil F300). Preforms served as models. They were heated up to maximum temperatures of 1100, 1300 and 1500°C and cooled down to room temperature at rates of 10 K min-1 (oven) and ~105 K min-1 (quenched in air) to freeze in various structural states simulating different conditions similar to a drawing process during the production of fibers. Single- and multi-pulse LIDT measurements were done in accordance with the relevant ISO standards. Nd:YAG laser pulses with durations of 15 ns (1064 nm wavelength) and 8.5 ns (532 nm) at a repetition rate of 10 Hz were used. For the preforms, LIDT values (1-on-1) ranged from 220 to 350 J/cm² (1064 nm) and from 80 to 110 J/cm² (532 nm), respectively. A multi-pulse impact changed the thresholds to lower values. The LIDT (1064 nm wavelength) of the preforms can be regarded as a lower limit for those of the fibers. PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-008-4576-1 SN - 0947-8396 VL - 92 IS - 4 SP - 853 EP - 857 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-17779 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -