High-OH fibers with higher stability in the UV-region

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6083, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Khalilov, Valery Kh ^b   Klein, Karl Friedrich ^a   Belmahdi, Jalal ^a   Timmerman, Rick ^b   Nelson, Gary ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE MITTELHESSEN   (Germany)

^b Polymicro Technologies LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic attenuation; Silica fibers; Transient defects; UV fibers; UV lasers; UV measurement technique; UV stability

Indexed keywords

BASIC ATTENUATION; SILICA FIBERS; TRANSIENT DEFECTS; UV-FIBERS; UV-LASERS; UV-MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE; UV-STABILITY;

ATTENUATION; DEFECTS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SILICA; THERMAL EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33646165912     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.651639     Document Type: Conference Paper

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