Effect of temperature on the absorption loss of chalcogenide glass fibers

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 3206-3213

  Nguyen, Vinh Q ^a,b   Sanghera, Jas S ^b   Kung, Frederic H ^c   Aggarwal, Ishwar D ^b   Lloyd, Isabel K ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL GLASS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTING GLASS; SEMICONDUCTING TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CHALCOGENIDE; OPTICAL GAP;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0032606545     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.003206     Document Type: Article

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