Launch conditions and mode coupling in hollow-glass waveguides

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2454-2458

  Nubling, Rick K ^a   Harrington, James A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam delivery; Carbon dioxide laser; Coupling efficiency; Fiber optics; Hollow waveguides; Hollow glass waveguides; Waveguide modes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001429407     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601768     Document Type: Article

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