Abstract
Hollow glass fibers for delivery of mid-infrared lasers are drawn from a glass-tube preform to produce a long and flexible hollow fiber at low cost. A silver film is coated on the drawn glass tube with a wall thickness as small as 9.1 μm. A Pyrex-glass hollow fiber with an inner diameter of 340 μm and a length of 42 cm shows a loss of 3.0 dB for Er:YAG laser light.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 81-85 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
Volume | 5317 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2004 |
Event | Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Applications IV - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: 2004/01/24 → 2004/01/25 |
Keywords
- Hollow fibers
- Infrared fibers
- Infrared lasers
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering