Coherent hollow-core waveguide bundles for infrared imaging

Optical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1195-1199

  Gopal, Veena ^a   Harrington, James A ^a   Goren, Alon ^b   Gannot, Israel ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS FIBERS; INFRARED IMAGING; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL COATINGS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SILVER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS;

COHERENT FIBER BUNDLES; HOLLOW GLASS WAVEGUIDES; INFRARED FIBER OPTICS; LIQUID PHASE CHEMISTRY; OXIDE GLASS FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

EID: 3142749206     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1687729     Document Type: Article

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