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US 12,313,877 · App. 18/590,369 · Granted May 27, 2025

Hollow core optical fiber and a laser system

Inventors: Jens Kristian Lyngsøe (Hornbaek, DK); Christian Jakobsen (Virum, DK); Mattia Michieletto (Copenhagen, DK)
Assignee: NKT Photonics A/S
G02B6/02328G02B6/02338G02B6/02366G02B6/02371G02B6/4206G02B6/4296
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Patent No.
US 12,313,877
App. No.
18/590,369
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hollow core photonic crystal fiber (PCF) including an outer cladding region and seven hollow tubes surrounded by the outer cladding region. Each of the hollow tubes is fused to the outer cladding to form a ring defining an inner cladding region and a hollow core region surrounded by the inner cladding region. The hollow tubes are not touching each other but are arranged with distance to adjacent hollow tubes. The hollow tubes each have an average outer diameter d2 and an average inner diameter d1, wherein d1/d2 is equal to or larger than about 0.8, such as equal to or larger than about 0.85, such as equal to or larger than about 0.9. Also, a laser system.

Claims (70)

1. A laser system for delivering laser light, the laser system comprising:

a laser light source; and

a fiber delivery cable for delivering light from the laser light source, wherein the fiber delivery cable comprises a hollow core photonic crystal fiber (PCF) comprising an outer cladding region and a plurality of hollow tubes surrounded by the outer cladding region, each of the hollow tubes having an average inner tube diameter d 1 and an average outer tube diameter d2, where each of the hollow tubes is fused to the outer cladding region to form a ring defining an inner cladding region and a hollow core region surrounded by the inner cladding region,

wherein at least one of the hollow tubes comprises a nested sub-tube having an average outer sub-tube diameter d sub smaller than the average inner diameter d 1 of the hollow tube and arranged in the hollow structure of the hollow tube and fused to the hollow tube,

wherein the outer cladding forms a first tubular element, and wherein the nested sub-tube forms a second tubular element with a third tubular element nested within the second tubular element,

wherein each of the hollow tubes comprises a core center facing region with a wall thickness, and

wherein the hollow core region and/or one or more of the plurality of hollow tubes is/are filled with gas that differs from air.

2. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of hollow tubes has a different wall thickness than at least one other of the plurality of hollow tubes.

3. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the hollow tubes are not touching each other.

4. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the nested sub-tube is fused to the hollow tube at its maximal radial distance to the core center axis.

5. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the hollow tubes have a center to center distance A between adjacent hollow tubes which center to center distance is between about 1.01*d 2 and about 1.5*d 2 .

6. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the minimum distance between adjacent hollow tubes is at least about 0.1 μm.

7. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the hollow core region has a core diameter D defined as the diameter of the largest circle inscribed by the hollow tubes.

8. The laser system of claim 7 , wherein the hollow core region diameter D is from about 10 μm to about 100 μm.

9. The laser system of claim 7 , wherein the average outer tube diameter relative to the core diameter d 2 /D is from about 0.5 to about 0.75.

10. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of hollow tubes comprises 7 hollow tubes.

11. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of hollow tubes consists of 7 hollow tubes.

12. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the sub-tube average outer diameter d sub , is substantially smaller than the average inner diameter d 1 of the hollow tube.

13. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the wall thickness is up to about 2.1 μm.

14. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the laser light source is a pulsed laser light source configured to generate pulses of laser light, wherein each of the pulses has a pulse duration between 30 fs and 30 ps.

15. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the light from the light source, determined at the exit of the laser light source, is at least about 5 kW.

16. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the gas is argon or a mixture comprising argon.

17. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the gas is pressurized to a pressure.

18. The laser system of claim 17 , wherein the pressure is up to 2 bars at standard temperature.

19. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the hollow core PCF has a length between 1 m and 15 m.

20. The laser system of claim 19 , wherein the hollow core PCF has a length between 5 m and 10 m.

21. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the hollow core PCF has a length of up to 50 m.

22. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the laser light source is a modelocked laser light source.

23. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the laser light source comprises one or more amplifiers.

24. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the laser light source and the hollow core PCF is configured to deliver a laser beam from the laser source and through the hollow core PCF such that the beam quality, M 2 , of the beam delivered through the hollow core PCF is 1.5 or less.

25. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the hollow core PCF is configured for single mode guiding of at least one wavelength in the range from about 200 nm to about 4.5 μm.

26. The laser system of claim 25 , wherein the at least one wavelength is in the range from 1000 nm to about 1100 nm.

27. The laser system of claim 25 , wherein the hollow core PCF is configured for guiding a continuum of light wavelengths, spanning over at least 0.5 μm.

28. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the hollow core PCF and the at least one nested sub-tube provides a transmission loss of less than 50 dB/km.

29. The laser system of claim 1 , wherein the hollow core PCF and the at least one nested sub-tube provides a transmission efficiency of more than 90%.

30. A laser system for delivering laser light, the laser system comprising:

a laser light source; and

a fiber delivery cable for delivering light from the laser light source, wherein the fiber delivery cable comprises a hollow core photonic crystal fiber (PCF) comprising an outer cladding region and a plurality of hollow tubes surrounded by the outer cladding region, each of the hollow tubes having an average inner tube diameter d 1 and an average outer tube diameter d 2 , where each of the hollow tubes is fused to the outer cladding region to form a ring defining an inner cladding region and a hollow core region surrounded by the inner cladding region,

wherein at least one of the hollow tubes comprises a nested sub-tube having an average outer sub-tube diameter d sub smaller than the average inner diameter d 1 of the hollow tube and arranged in the hollow structure of the hollow tube and fused to the hollow tube,

wherein the outer cladding forms a first tubular element, and wherein the nested sub-tube forms a second tubular element with a third tubular element nested within the second tubular element,

wherein each of the hollow tubes comprises a core center facing region with a wall thickness, and

wherein the hollow core region and/or one or more of the plurality of hollow tubes is/are evacuated from gas.

31. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein at least one of the plurality of hollow tubes has a different wall thickness than at least one other of the plurality of hollow tubes.

32. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the hollow tubes are not touching each other.

33. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the nested sub-tube is fused to the hollow tube at its maximal radial distance to the core center axis.

34. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the hollow tubes have a center to center distance A between adjacent hollow tubes which center to center distance is between about 1.01*d 2 and about 1.5*d 2 .

35. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the minimum distance between adjacent hollow tubes is at least about 0.1 μm.

36. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the hollow core region has a core diameter D defined as the diameter of the largest circle inscribed by the hollow tubes.

37. The laser system of claim 36 , wherein the hollow core region diameter D is from about 10 μm to about 100 μm.

38. The laser system of claim 36 , wherein the average outer tube diameter relative to the core diameter d 2 /D is from about 0.5 to about 0.75.

39. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the plurality of hollow tubes comprises 7 hollow tubes.

40. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the plurality of hollow tubes consists of 7 hollow tubes.

41. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the sub-tube average outer diameter d sub , is substantially smaller than the average inner diameter d 1 of the hollow tube.

42. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the wall thickness is up to about 2.1 μm.

43. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the laser light source is a pulsed laser light source configured to generate pulses of laser light, wherein each of the pulses has a pulse duration between 30 fs and 30 ps.

44. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the light from the light source, determined at the exit of the laser light source, is at least about 5 kW.

45. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the hollow core region and/or one or more of the plurality of hollow tubes is/are evacuated from gas to a pressure of about 1 mbar or less, at standard temperature.

46. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the hollow core region and/or one or more of the plurality of hollow tubes is/are evacuated from gas to a pressure of about 0.1 mbar or less, at standard temperature.

47. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the hollow core region and/or one or more of the plurality of hollow tubes is/are evacuated from gas to a pressure of about 0.01 mbar or less, at standard temperature.

48. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the hollow core PCF has a length between 1 m and 15 m.

49. The laser system of claim 48 , wherein the hollow core PCF has a length between 5 m and 10 m.

50. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the hollow core PCF has a length of up to 50 m.

51. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the laser light source is a modelocked laser light source.

52. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the laser light source comprises one or more amplifiers.

53. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the laser light source and the hollow core PCF is configured to deliver a laser beam from the laser source and through the hollow core PCF such that the beam quality, M 2 , of the beam delivered through the hollow core PCF is 1.5 or less.

54. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the hollow core PCF is configured for single mode guiding of at least one wavelength in the range from about 200 nm to about 4.5 μm.

55. The laser system of claim 54 , wherein the at least one wavelength is in the range from 1000 nm to about 1100 nm.

56. The laser system of claim 54 , wherein the hollow core PCF is configured for guiding a continuum of light wavelengths, spanning over at least 0.5 μm.

57. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the hollow core PCF and the at least one nested sub-tube provides a transmission loss of less than 50 dB/km.

58. The laser system of claim 30 , wherein the hollow core PCF and the at least one nested sub-tube provides a transmission efficiency of more than 90%.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2024
From: LYNGSØE, JENS KRISTIAN; JAKOBSEN, CHRISTIAN; MICHIELETTO, MATTIA
To: NKT PHOTONICS A/S
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Priority Claims (2)
DK PA201570877 · Dec 23, 2015 · national
DK PA201670263 · Apr 27, 2016 · national
Continuity (6)
Continuation 18301648 · Apr 17, 2023
Continuation 17942709 · Sep 12, 2022
Continuation 17213653 · Mar 26, 2021
Continuation 16701690 · Dec 3, 2019
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