Reduced Fresnel losses in chalcogenide fibers obtained through fiber-end microstructuring

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-21

  Florea, Catalin ^a   Sanghera, Jasbinder ^b   Busse, Lynda ^b   Shaw, Brandon ^b   Miklos, Fritz ^a   Aggarwal, Ishwar ^b  

^a GTEC Inc   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTIVE PROPERTIES; ENHANCED TRANSMISSION; FRESNEL; FRESNEL LOSS; MICRO STRUCTURING; MICROSTRUCTURED SURFACES;

FIBERS;

ARSENIC; GLASS FIBER; SELENIUM; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY;

ARSENIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; INFRARED RAYS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTOMETRY; SELENIUM; SULFUR;

EID: 78650953699     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.000017     Document Type: Article

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