Optical properties of end–sealed hollow fibers

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1251-1255

  Mohri, Shintaro ^a   Kasai, Takao ^a   Abe, Yukio ^a   Shi, Yi Wei ^a   Matsuura, Yuji ^a   Miyagi, Mitsunobu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; FUSED SILICA; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC FILMS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

HOLLOW FIBERS;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 0036507969     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.001251     Document Type: Article

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