Transmission properties of infrared hollow fibers produced by drawing a glass-tube preform

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Kasahara, Ryosuke ^a   Matsuura, Yuji ^a   Katagiri, Takashi ^b   Miyagi, Mitsunobu ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c SENDAI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Er:YAG lasers; Hollow optical fibers; Infrared fibers; Infrared lasers

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; GLASS; SOLID STATE LASERS; WAVELENGTH;

ABSORPTION LOSS; GLASS DRAWING; HOLLOW OPTICAL FIBERS; MID-INFRARED LASERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34347395947     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2710186     Document Type: Article

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