Liquid-core fused silica capillary lightguides for applications in the UV/VIS and NIR spectral range

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2977, Issue , 1997, Pages 58-66

  Meister, Joerg ^a   Diemer, Stefan ^a   Jung, Roland ^a   Klein, Sandra ^a   Fuss, Werner ^b   Hering, Peter ^a,b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bending losses; Er:YAG laser; Er:YSGG laser; Fused silica capillary; Ho:YAG laser; Liquid core lightguide; Nd:YAG laser; Refractive index; Transmission

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLADDING (COATING); ELECTROPHORETIC COATINGS; FIBER OPTICS; HELIUM NEON LASERS; INFRARED DEVICES; LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL STABILITY; MICROMETERS; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TRANSMISSIONS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

BENDING LOSS; ER:YAG LASERS; ER:YSGG LASER; FUSED-SILICA CAPILLARIES; HO:YAG LASERS; LIGHTGUIDES; ND : YAG LASERS;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 1542376293     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.271019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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