Fabrication of fluorocarbon polymer-coated silver hollow-glass waveguides for the infrared by the liquid-phase coating method
1995; Elsevier BV; Volume: 27; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0030-3992(95)00041-0
ISSN1879-2545
AutoresMitsuo Osawa, Yuji Kato, T. Watanabe, Mitsunobu Miyagi, Shunsuke Abe, Masaru Aizawa, Seiju Onodera,
Tópico(s)Glass properties and applications
ResumoFluorocarbon polymer-coated silver hollow-glass waveguides have been fabricated based on the method of silver mirror reaction for silver, and the dipping method for the fluorocarbon polymer. The waveguides show low-loss properties for the infrared wavelengths except for the wavelength regions of large absorption of the polymer. Er:YAG laser light has been successfully transmitted through the flexible waveguides with small bending losses.
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