SMALL-BORE HOLLOW WAVE-GUIDE FOR DELIVERY OF NEAR SINGLEMODE IR LASER-RADIATION

被引:39
作者
MATSUURA, Y
ABEL, T
HIRSCH, J
HARRINGTON, JA
机构
[1] Fiber Optic Materials Research Program, Rutgers University, Piscataway
关键词
OPTICAL WAVE-GUIDES; CIRCULAR WAVE-GUIDES; GAS LASERS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19941124
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A hollow waveguide whose bore size is 250 mu m in diameter is fabricated by depositing a dielectric and a metal layer inside a thin-wall silica tube. This small bore waveguide has an advantage over the larger bore guides in that it maintains a nearly pure HE(11) mode of a CO2 laser even when it is bent to small radii.
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页码:1688 / 1690
页数:3
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