Title :
Fabrication, characterization and applications of infrared transparent chalcogenide fibers
Author :
Lucas, Pierre ; Coleman, Garret J. ; Jiang, Shibin ; Tao Luo ; Zhiyong Yang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
The paper reviews strategies for obtaining glasses with wide optical transparencies and sufficiently high glass forming ability to produce complex optical elements such as single mode fibers. These fibers find applications in many infrared technology including thermal imaging, laser guiding and most importantly, vibrational sensing of chemical and biomolecules.
Keywords :
artificial guide stars; chalcogenide glasses; glass fibres; infrared imaging; infrared spectra; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre testing; optical glass; reviews; transparency; amorphous materials; infrared transparent chalcogenide fibers; laser guiding; optical transparencies; thermal imaging; vibrational sensing; Biomedical optical imaging; Glass; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995455
