FABRICATION OF FLUOROCARBON POLYMER-COATED SILVER HOLLOW GLASS WAVE-GUIDES FOR THE INFRARED BY THE LIQUID-PHASE COATING METHOD

Authors
OSAWA M KATO Y WATANABE T MIYAGI M ABE S AIZAWA M ONODERA S
Citation
M. Osawa et al., FABRICATION OF FLUOROCARBON POLYMER-COATED SILVER HOLLOW GLASS WAVE-GUIDES FOR THE INFRARED BY THE LIQUID-PHASE COATING METHOD, Optics and Laser Technology, 27(6), 1995, pp. 393-396
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
Optics and Laser Technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00303992
Volume
27
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
393 - 396
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-3992(1995)27:6<393:FOFPSH>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Fluorocarbon polymer-coated silver hollow-glass waveguides have been f abricated based on the method of silver mirror reaction for silver, an d the dipping method for the fluorocarbon polymer, The waveguides show low-loss properties for the infrared wavelengths except for the wavel ength regions of large absorption of the polymer, Er:YAG laser light h as been successfully transmitted through the flexible waveguides with small bending losses.