Gradually tapered hollow glass waveguides for the transmission of CO2 laser radiation.
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Hollow glass waveguides with bores tapered from 1000 to 500 microm and from 700 to 500 microm over a length of 2 m were coated with silver and silver iodide inner films. These waveguides were designed for low attenuation at the 10.6-microm CO2 laser wavelength. The straight losses, which were measured to be 0.8 and 1.6 dB/m, respectively, decreased when the guides were bent. A simple ray-trajectory model is presented to explain this unexpected behavior.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Applied optics
دوره 43 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004