Infrared materials and optical fibers for the transmission of Er:YAG and CO laser radiation

Dimitrij Lezal; Jitka Pedlikova; Jaromir Horak

doi:10.1117/12.259967

26 November 1996 Infrared materials and optical fibers for the transmission of Er:YAG and CO laser radiation

Dimitrij Lezal, Jitka Pedlikova, Jaromir Horak

Proceedings Volume 2928, Biomedical Systems and Technologies; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.259967
Event: BiOS Europe '96, 1996, Vienna, Austria

Abstract

Our attention was focused on chalcogenide, heavy metal oxide glasses (TeO_{2/ - PbO, PbCl(subscript 2}) and sapphire fibers. Improving of the purity of these glasses was achieved by their preparation in a halogen reactive atmosphere, the concentration of hydride impurities were diminished below 10^-4 mol%. The values of optical losses are below 1 dB/m at 3 and 5 micrometer. The attention was focused on sapphire fibers too. The fibers about 1 mm in diameter and 200 - 300 mm in length were prepared. Their optical losses are below 1 dB/m at 3 micrometer.

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Dimitrij Lezal, Jitka Pedlikova, and Jaromir Horak "Infrared materials and optical fibers for the transmission of Er:YAG and CO laser radiation", Proc. SPIE 2928, Biomedical Systems and Technologies, (26 November 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.259967

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