Liquid-core light guides for near-infrared applications

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 34, 1997, Pages 9075-9082

  Diemer, Stefan ^a   Meister, Jörg ^a   Jung, Roland ^a   Klein, Sandra ^a   Haisch, Michael ^a   Fuss, Werner ^b   Hering, Peter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Bending losses; Er:YAG laser; Er:YSGG laser; IR transmitting fibers; Liquid light guides; Liquid core light guides; Permeation; Transmission losses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005652795     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.009075     Document Type: Article

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