Fabrication of dielectric-coated silver hollow glass waveguides for the infrared by liquid-flow coating method

Akihito Hongo; Mitsunobu Miyagi; Yuji Kato; Masato Suzumura; Satoshi Kubota; You Wang; Takehiro Shimomura

doi:10.1117/12.237566

5 April 1996 Fabrication of dielectric-coated silver hollow glass waveguides for the infrared by liquid-flow coating method

Akihito Hongo, Mitsunobu Miyagi, Yuji Kato, Masato Suzumura, Satoshi Kubota, You Wang, Takehiro Shimomura

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Proceedings Volume 2677, Biomedical Fiber Optics; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.237566
Event: Photonics West '96, 1996, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Polyimide-coated silver hollow glass waveguides with small losses have been fabricated for transmission of Er:YAG laser light. The total loss is around 0.7 dB for the straight waveguide with an inner diameter of 700 micrometers and the length of 2.3 m including a coupling loss from a laser. Even when the waveguide is bent to 180 degrees with a bending radius of 18 cm, the total loss is around 1 dB for the input energy of 500 mJ.

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Akihito Hongo, Mitsunobu Miyagi, Yuji Kato, Masato Suzumura, Satoshi Kubota, You Wang, and Takehiro Shimomura "Fabrication of dielectric-coated silver hollow glass waveguides for the infrared by liquid-flow coating method", Proc. SPIE 2677, Biomedical Fiber Optics, (5 April 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.237566

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