Fabrication of a polymer-coated silver hollow optical fiber with high performance

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 6736-6740

  Shi, Yi Wei ^a   Ito, Kentaro ^b   Ma, Lin ^b   Yoshida, Takanori ^b   Matsuura, Yuji ^b   Miyagi, Mitsunobu ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SENDAI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SILVER; SOLID STATE LASERS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CYCLIC OLEFIN POLYMER (COP) LAYERS; LASER MEDICINE; LASER WAVELENGTHS; POLYMER-COATED SILVER HOLLOW OPTICAL FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

ALKENE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALKENES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; LASERS; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 33750154599     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.006736     Document Type: Article

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