Ultraviolet, visible and infrared laser delivery using laser-to-fiber coupling via a grazing-incidence-based hollow taper

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4158, Issue , 2001, Pages 97-104

  Ilev, I K ^a   Waynant, R W ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Grazing incidence; Hollow taper; Laser radiation delivery; Optical fiber

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBERS; INFRARED RADIATION; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; RADIATION EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

LASER RADIATION DELIVERY;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0035043909     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.413782     Document Type: Conference Paper

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