Gradually tapered hollow glass waveguides for the transmission of CO2 laser radiation

被引：9

作者：

Gibson, DJ ^{[1
]}

Harrington, JA ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Rutgers State Univ, Dept Ceram & Mat Sci & Engn, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA

来源：

APPLIED OPTICS | 2004年 / 43卷 / 11期

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D O I：

10.1364/AO.43.002231

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Hollow glass waveguides with bores tapered from 1000 to 500 mum and from 700 to 500 mum 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-mum 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. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

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页码：2231 / 2235

页数：5