Comparative evaluation of HP oxide glass fibers for Q-switched and free-running Er:YAG laser beam propagation

Optics Communications

Volumn 220, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 151-160

  Papagiakoumou, E ^a   Papadopoulos, D N ^a   Anastasopoulou, N ^a   Serafetinides, A A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hollow glass waveguides; Mid IR fibers; Oxide glass fibers; Q switched Er:YAG laser

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; GLASS FIBERS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXIDES; PLASTIC COATINGS; PROFILOMETRY; SILVER;

OXIDE GLASS FIBERS;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 0038371302     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(03)01344-0     Document Type: Article

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