Fabrication of copper oxide–coated hollow waveguides for CO2 laser radiation

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1700-1703

  Matsuura, Yuji ^a   Miura, Daisuke ^a   Miyagi, Mitsunobu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0006585978     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.001700     Document Type: Article

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