Bundled aluminum hollow-core fibers for delivery of ultraviolet laser beams

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Yilmaz, Ozgur ^a   Matsuura, Yuji ^a   Miyagi, Mitsunobu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Excimer laser; Fiber bundle; Hollow fiber

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; EXCIMER LASERS; FIBER LASERS; OZONE; PARTICLE BEAM INJECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALUMINUM HOLLOW-CORE FIBERS; FIBER BUNDLE; HOLLOW FIBER; UTRAVIOLET LASER BEAMS;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 33747622528     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2077047     Document Type: Article

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