Fabrication of robust hollow waveguide devices for Er:YAG laser light

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2977, Issue , 1997, Pages 36-40

  Wang, You ^a   Hiraga, Hajime ^a   Matsuura, Yuji ^a   Miyagi, Mitsunobu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dielectric coated hollow waveguide; Er:YAG laser; Fluorocarbon polymer (FCP); Hollow waveguide; Stainless steel

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; ERBIUM; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INERT GAS WELDING; LASERS; LIGHT; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTORESISTS; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMERIC GLASS; POLYMERS; SILVER; STEEL; STEEL CORROSION; STEEL METALLURGY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; WAVEGUIDES;

BENDING ANGLES; BORE SIZES; COATING METHODS; DEGREE STRUCTURES; DIELECTRIC-COATED HOLLOW WAVEGUIDE; ER:YAG LASER; ER:YAG LASER LIGHTS; FLUOROCARBON POLYMERS; HOLLOW WAVEGUIDE; INNER SURFACES; LIQUID FLOWS; LIQUID PHASE; NEW APPLICATIONS; ROBUST STRUCTURES; SILVER LAYERS; SILVER MIRROR REACTIONS; TRANSMISSION PROPERTIES; WAVEGUIDE DEVICES;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 0345013040     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.271024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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