Heavy metal fluoride glass fibers and their applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8307, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Saad, Mohammed ^a  

^a IRphotonics   (Canada)

Author keywords

Applications; Fluoride glass fiber; Heavy metal; High power; Indium fluoride fibers; Mechanical properties; Optical properties; ZBLAN

Indexed keywords

2 MICRON; ABSORPTION PEAKS; ACTIVE FIBERS; ACTIVE IONS; CLADDING FIBERS; FIBER DIMENSIONS; FIBER LASERS AND AMPLIFIERS; FLUORIDE GLASS FIBER; HEAVY METAL FLUORIDE GLASS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH-POWER; LASER LINES; LATEST DEVELOPMENT; LOW PHONON ENERGIES; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; NEW APPLICATIONS; OUTPUT POWER; POWER HANDLING; SILICA FIBERS; TRANSMISSION WINDOW; ZBLAN;

APPLICATIONS; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; GLASS FIBERS; HEAVY METALS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SILICA; TEXTILE FIBERS;

GLASS LASERS;

EID: 84855416816     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.915295     Document Type: Conference Paper

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