Mechanical and optical properties of silver-halide infrared transmitting fibers

Fiber and Integrated Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-54

  Shalem, S ^a   German, A ^a   Barkay, N ^a   Moser, F ^a   Katzir, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Absorption edge; Fatigue; Fibers; Hardness; Infrared; Laser induced breakdown; Silver halide; Strain; Ultimate tensile strength

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); ELASTICITY; HARDNESS; INFRARED TRANSMISSION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SEMICONDUCTING SILVER COMPOUNDS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN; SILVER HALIDE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0030871163     PISSN: 01468030     EISSN: 10964681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01468039708221254     Document Type: Article

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