Fabrication of arsenic selenide optical fiber with low hydrogen impurities

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2849-2851

  Nguyen, Vinh Q ^a   Sanghera, Jas S ^a   Pureza, Pablo ^a   Kung, Frederic H ^b   Aggarwal, Ishwar D ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ADDITION REACTIONS; DISTILLATION; HYDROGEN; IMPURITIES; INFRARED RADIATION; MELTING; OPTICAL FIBERS; PURIFICATION; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

ARSENIC SELENIDE OPTICAL FIBER; TELLURIUM TETRACHLORIDE;

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0036864660     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2002.tb00541.x     Document Type: Article

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