DocumentCode
1243117
Title
Loss characteristics of polyimide-coated silver hollow glass waveguides for the infrared
Author
Kato, Y. ; Osawa, M. ; Miyagi, M. ; Abe, S. ; Aizawa, M. ; Onodera, S.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
Volume
31
Issue
1
fYear
1995
fDate
1/5/1995 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
31
Lastpage
32
Abstract
As durable and nontoxic infra-red waveguides, polyimide-coated silver hollow waveguides have been proposed and fabricated based on the liquid phase coating method in the whole process. Er:YAG laser light has been successfully transmitted through the waveguide with small bending losses
Keywords
optical fabrication; optical losses; optical waveguides; polymer films; silver; Ag; Er:YAG laser light transmission; IR waveguides; YAG:Er; YAl5O12:Er; bending losses; hollow glass waveguides; infrared waveguides; liquid phase coating method; loss characteristics; polyimide-coated Ag structure;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19950046
Filename
364317
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