Cu/Cul-coated hollow glass waveguides for delivery of infrared radiation

Optical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  George, Roshan ^a,b   Harrington, James A ^a  

^a Piscataway   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 laser delivery systems; Hollow waveguides; Infrared fiber optics

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; FIBER OPTICS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL GLASS; THIN FILMS;

HOLLOW WAVEGUIDES; INFRARED FIBER OPTICS; LASER DELIVERY SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33748623851     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2203367     Document Type: Article

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