Gradually tapered hollow glass waveguides for the transmission of CO2 laser radiation

Daniel J. Gibson; James A. Harrington

doi:10.1364/AO.43.002231

Gradually tapered hollow glass waveguides for the transmission of CO₂ laser radiation

Daniel J. Gibson, James A. Harrington

School of Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering

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Abstract

Hollow glass waveguides with bores tapered from 1000 to 500 μm and from 700 to 500 μm over a length of 2 m were coated with silver and silver iodide inner films. These waveguides were designed for low attenuation at the 10.6-μm CO₂ laser wavelength. The straight losses, which were measured to be 0.8 and 1.6 dB/m, respectively, decreased when the guides were bent. A simple ray-trajectory model is presented to explain this unexpected behavior.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2231-2235
Number of pages	5
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	43
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.43.002231
State	Published - Apr 10 2004

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Gradually tapered hollow glass waveguides for the transmission of CO₂ laser radiation

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