Small-bore fluorocarbon polymer-coated silver hollow glass waveguides for Er:YAG laser light

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 455-461

  Wang, Y ^a   Shi, Y W ^a   Matsuura, Y ^a   Miyagi, M ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hollow waveguides; Infrared medical lasers; Lasers (Er:YAG)

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; FABRICATION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SILVER;

DYNAMIC COATING; FLUOROCARBON POLYMER; HOLLOW WAVEGUIDE; INFRARED LASER; WET CHEMICAL COATING; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET LASER;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0031277274     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0030-3992(97)00055-8     Document Type: Article

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