All-silica fiber with low or medium OH-content for broadband applications in astronomy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5494, Issue , 2004, Pages 598-609

  Ferwana, Saleh ^a   Eckhardt, Hanns Simon ^a   Simon, Thorsten ^a   Klein, Karl Friedrich ^a   Haynes, Roger ^b   Khalilov, Valery Kh ^c   Nelson, Gary ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE MITTELHESSEN   (Germany)

^b ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

^c Polymicro Technolgies LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic attenuation; Fiber for astronomy; Focal ratio degradation; IR transmission; Silica fibers; UV transmission

Indexed keywords

BASIC ATTENUATION; FIBER FOR ASTRONOMY; FOCAL RATIO DEGRADATION; INFRARED-TRANSMISSION; SILICA FIBERS; ULTRAVIOLET-TRANSMISSION;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERICS; ATTENUATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PROCESS CONTROL; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SILICA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 10444267423     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.568231     Document Type: Conference Paper

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