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Hollow silver waveguide coated with cyclo-oxane polymers for delivery the infrared lasers
Author(s)
Somkuarnpanit, S.
Shi, Y.
Miyagi, M.
Date Issued
December 1, 1998
Type
Article
Abstract
Hollow silver waveguides coated with four different thickness of cyclo-oxane polymer (COP) have been successfully manufactured for delivery four infrared lasers, i.e. CO2, CO, Er:YAG and Nd:YAG lasers. Their spectral losses were measured in visible wavelengths to identify the COP coating thickness, and in infrared wavelengths to characterise their infrared transmission. The result shows that the hollow waveguide have relatively low attenuation at individually designed thickness of the COP coating layer. Therefore, at an appropriate design of the coating thickness, the COP coated silver hollow waveguide can be use to transmit particular wavelength of infrared radiation.
Citation
IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems Proceedings, 679-682, 1998