Infrared hollow glass fiber produced by fiber drawing technique

Yuji Matsuura; Ryosuke Kasahara; Takashi Katagiri; Mitsunobu Miyagi

doi:10.1117/12.478052

1 July 2003 Infrared hollow glass fiber produced by fiber drawing technique

Yuji Matsuura, Ryosuke Kasahara, Takashi Katagiri, Mitsunobu Miyagi

Proceedings Volume 4957, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Applications III; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.478052
Event: Biomedical Optics, 2003, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Hollow glass fibers for delivery of mid-infrared lasers are drawn from a glass-tube preform to produce a long and flexible hollow fiber at low cost. To utilize the interference effect of the thin glass wall, the wall thickness is controlled by the drawing speed. A Pyrex-glass hollow fiber with an inner diameter of 280 micron and a wall thickness of 9.92 micron shows a low loss at 2.94 micron of the Er:YAG laser wavelength when coated with a silver film on the outer surface.

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Yuji Matsuura, Ryosuke Kasahara, Takashi Katagiri, and Mitsunobu Miyagi "Infrared hollow glass fiber produced by fiber drawing technique", Proc. SPIE 4957, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Applications III, (1 July 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.478052

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