Optical fiber system for generating a side-emitting scattered laser radiation from a coupled optical laser radiation, and associated laser system

Abstract

The invention relates to an optical fiber system for generating a side-emitting optical scattered laser radiation from a coupled optical laser radiation consisting of at least one side-emitting optical fiber with a fiber input and a fiber output, wherein the side-emitting optical fiber has at least one fiber core, a scattering layer surrounding the fiber core, and at least one cladding layer surrounding the scattering layer, wherein by the scattering layer, side-emitting scattered laser radiation is generated from the optical laser radiation coupled into the optical fiber, and wherein a coupling-side connecting section of the side-emitting optical fiber at the fiber input is received in a fiber connector and to produce a mechanical connection to the fiber connector. Particularly, at least the scattering layer and the at least one cladding layer are removed by stripping to suppress the side-emitting scattered laser radiation in the connecting section at the free end.