Abstract
Various aspects of hollow-glass waveguides (HGW) are discussed. Hollow waveguides have high-laser-power thresholds, low insertion loss, ruggedness, no end reflection, and small beam divergence. The structure of a hollow-glass waveguide includes metallic and dielectric films deposited inside silica-glass tubing using liquid-phase chemistry techniques. The two primary near-term applications for HGWs are sensor systems and the delivery of high-power IR-laser radiation.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages | S8-S10 |
| Volume | 40 |
| No | 8 |
| Specialist publication | Laser Focus World |
| State | Published - Aug 2004 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Condensed Matter Physics
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- Electrical and Electronic Engineering