THICKNESS AND UNIFORMITY OF FLUOROCARBON POLYMER FILM DYNAMICALLY COATED INSIDE SILVER HOLLOW GLASS WAVE-GUIDES

Authors
WANG Y HONGO A KATO Y SHIMOMURA T MIURA D MIYAGI M
Citation
Y. Wang et al., THICKNESS AND UNIFORMITY OF FLUOROCARBON POLYMER FILM DYNAMICALLY COATED INSIDE SILVER HOLLOW GLASS WAVE-GUIDES, Applied optics, 36(13), 1997, pp. 2886-2892
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
36
Issue
13
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2886 - 2892
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1997)36:13<2886:TAUOFP>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The variation in properties of a fluorocarbon polymer (FCP) film durin g a drying-curing process is investigated for fabricating FCP-coated s ilver (FCP/Ag) hollow glass waveguides. A dynamic liquid-phase coating procedure is used. Through the analyses of the loss spectra of hollow waveguides made in various conditions, a relationship between the thi ckness of the FCP film and the coating velocity is obtained. The optim um fabrication condition is also established for producing FCP/Ag holl ow glass waveguides for the mid-IR. (C) 1997 Optical Society of Americ a.