Recent advances in sapphire fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2396, Issue , 1995, Pages 48-53

  Chang, Robert S F ^a   Phomsakha, Vongilay ^a   Djeu, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending loss; Infrared transmission; Laser damage; Rapid growth; Sapphire fibers; Tapered fibers

Indexed keywords

INFRARED TRANSMISSION; LASER DAMAGE; SAPPHIRE;

BENDING LOSS; ENERGY DELIVERY; LASER DAMAGE THRESHOLD; LASER HEATED PEDESTAL GROWTH; POWER-HANDLING CAPABILITY; RAPID GROWTH; SAPPHIRE FIBER; TAPERED FIBER;

FIBERS;

EID: 85010131575     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.208428     Document Type: Conference Paper

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