Fluoride glass fiber: State of the art

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7316, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Saad, Mohammed ^a  

^a Founder and CTO Irphotonics ^*

Author keywords

Fluoride glass fiber; IR transmission; Low loss; Mechanical strength; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PEAKS; FIBER DIAMETERS; FIBER TRANSMISSIONS; FLUORIDE GLASS; FLUORIDE GLASS FIBER; HIGH POWER TRANSMISSION; HIGH QUALITY; IR TRANSMISSION; LOW LOSS; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; MID-INFRARED REGIONS; SILICA-BASED FIBERS; STANDARD FIBERS; STATE OF THE ART;

FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS; INFRARED TRANSMISSION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SENSORS; RANGE FINDING; SENSORS; SILICA; TRANSMISSIONS; WINDOWS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 69749085932     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.824112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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