Mid-infrared diffused planar waveguides made of silver halide chloro-bromide

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 3622-3627

  Dekel, Benzion ^a   Katzir, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALS; DIFFUSION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NEGATIVE IONS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES;

PLANAR WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0037141914     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.003622     Document Type: Article

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