Penetration of high-intensity Er:YAG laser light emitted by IR hollow optical fibers with sealing caps in water

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2568-2571

  Iwai, Katsumasa ^a   Shi, Yi Wei ^a   Endo, Masashi ^a   Ito, Kentaro ^a   Matsuura, Yuji ^a   Miyagi, Mitsunobu ^a   Jelinkova, Helena ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; WATER;

ERBIUM DOPED YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET LASER; HIGH INTENSITY LASER; HOLLOW OPTICAL FIBER; SEALING CAPS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

ERBIUM; WATER; YTTRIUM;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERBIUM; FIBER OPTICS; LASERS; WATER; YTTRIUM;

EID: 2142717435     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.002568     Document Type: Article

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