摘要:
A laser fiber 1 is wound around an outer peripheral face 2a of a glass cylindrical member 2 serving as a structural member which can confine excitation lights L 1 and L 2 for exciting the laser fiber 1. The excitation lights L 1 and L 2 from laser diodes 41 and 42 impinge on the vicinity of the outer peripheral end portion of an end face 2b of the glass cylindrical member 2, through prisms 31 and 32, and confined by repeating total reflection at the inner side face of the outer peripheral face 2a. The confined excitation lights are introduced into the laser fiber 1 through portions contacted with the glass cylindrical member 2, thereby causing excitation.
摘要:
A laser fiber 1 is wound around an outer peripheral face 2a of a glass cylindrical member 2 serving as a structural member which can confine excitation lights L 1 and L 2 for exciting the laser fiber 1. The excitation lights L 1 and L 2 from laser diodes 41 and 42 impinge on the vicinity of the outer peripheral end portion of an end face 2b of the glass cylindrical member 2, through prisms 31 and 32, and confined by repeating total reflection at the inner side face of the outer peripheral face 2a. The confined excitation lights are introduced into the laser fiber 1 through portions contacted with the glass cylindrical member 2, thereby causing excitation.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing optical fiber preform comprising a core glass containing a light emitting substance (e.g. rare earth metal dopant) and a cladding glass, easily controlling an amount of the light emitting substance incorporated into the core glass without requiring any complicated step, includes the steps of forming a porous layer made of a precursor of the core glass on an inner surface of a hollow tube having an inner surface made of the cladding glass, spraying a medium containing the light emitting substance onto the porous layer, forming a layer of the core glass containing the light emitting substance by sintering the porous layer containing the light emitting substance, and forming a preform rod by collapsing the obtained hollow tube into a solid article. Alternatively, another method according to the invention includes the steps of spraying a medium containing a precursor of the core glass on the inner surface of the hollow tube, forming the core glass layer by sintering the formed precursor layer, and forming a preform rod by collapsing the obtained hollow tube into a solid article. A third method comprises spraying sequentially core-forming material and light emitting substance and a fourth method simultaneous spraying of both. An optical fiber can be formed by drawing the thus obtained optical fiber preforms.