OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF HOLLOW CALCIUM ALUMINATE GLASS WAVE-GUIDES

被引:13
作者
ABEL, T
HARRINGTON, JA
FOY, PR
机构
[1] Fiber Optics Materials Research, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1994年 / 33卷 / 18期
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10.1364/AO.33.003919
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Calcium aluminate glass has a refractive index less than 1 at 10.6 mum, and therefore it is a good candidate for a hollow fiber for the transmission of CO2 laser energy. We have drawn hollow calcium aluminate glass fibers with inner diameters ranging from 380 to 500 mum. The loss for our 500-mum inner-diameter hollow glass fibers measured at 10.6 mum is 8.6 dB/m.
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页码:3919 / 3922
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