Possibilities and limitations of optical fibers for the transmission of excimer laser radiation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2966, Issue , 1997, Pages 564-573

  Klein, Karl Friedrich ^a   Hillrichs, Georg ^b   Karlitschek, Peter ^c   Mann, Klaus R ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE MITTELHESSEN   (Germany)

^b University of Applied Sciences Merseburg   (Germany)

^c LASER LABORATORIUM GÖTTINGEN E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Excimer laser; Light guidance; Low solarisation fiber; UV defects

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DEFECTS; EXCIMER LASERS; GAS LASERS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LASER CLADDING; LASER DAMAGE; LASERS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SILICA;

DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DOPED SILICAS; EXCIMER LASER RADIATIONS; EXCIMER-LASER; INDUCED LOSSES; LOW-SOLARISATION FIBER; MAIN PARAMETERS; NON LINEARITIES; SILICA CORES; STANDARD FIBERS; SURFACE DAMAGES; TRANSMISSION CAPACITIES; TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; UV-DEFECTS;

FIBERS;

EID: 58149288402     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.274289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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