Optical properties of single-crystal sapphire fibers

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 5934-5940

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

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Laser Power Optics   (United States)

Author keywords

Er:YAG lasers; Infrared fibers; Optical properties; Sapphire fibers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL; CRYSTAL GROWTH; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FIBER OPTICS; LASER APPLICATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SAPPHIRE;

LASER HEATED PEDESTAL GROWTH METHOD; POSTGROWTH ANNEAL; SINGLE CRYSTAL SAPPHIRE FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0031208444     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.005934     Document Type: Article

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