Title :
Mid-IR chalcogenide fiber
Author :
Chenard, Francois ; Alvarez, Oseas ; Moawad, Hassan
Author_Institution :
IRflex Corporation, 300 Ringgold Industrial Parkway, Danville, VA, USA 24540
Abstract :
High-purity chalcogenide glasses and fiber draw processes enable the production of high-quality mid-infrared (mid-IR) fibers for 1.5–10 μm transmission. Multimode and single-mode mid-IR fibers with low-loss (<0.1dB/m) and high tensile strength (>20kpsi) show high-power transmission.
Keywords :
Absorption; Glass; Impurities; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber testing; Chalcogenide; fiber; glass; mid-infrared; selenide; sulfide;
Conference_Titel :
Summer Topicals Meeting Series (SUM), 2015
Conference_Location :
Nassau, Bahamas
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7467-2
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2015.7248258
