Effects of heat treatment and HF etching on the strength of silica lightguides

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5465, Issue , 2004, Pages 223-229

  Kurkjian, C R ^a   Matthewson, M J ^a   Rooney, J M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; Etching; Heating; Optical fiber; Strength

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; COATINGS; DEGRADATION; DELAMINATION; ETCHING; HEAT TREATMENT; OPTICAL FIBERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

GLASS SURFACE; HF ETCHING; LIGHTGUIDE FIBER PROCESSING; STRENGTH DEGRADATION;

SILICA;

EID: 10044245007     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.548411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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