Preparation And Properties Of High Optical Quality IR Transmitting Glasses And Fibers Based On Metal Fluorides

D. C. Tran; K. H. Levin; M. J. Burk; C. F . Fisher; D. Brower

doi:10.1117/12.961092

12 May 1986 Preparation And Properties Of High Optical Quality IR Transmitting Glasses And Fibers Based On Metal Fluorides

D. C. Tran, K. H. Levin, M. J. Burk, C. F . Fisher, D. Brower

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Proceedings Volume 0618, Infrared Optical Materials and Fibers IV; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.961092
Event: O-E/LASE'86 Symposium, 1986, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Recent advances in preform processing techniques and purification have resulted in fluoride glass fibers having a minimum loss of 0.9 dB/km at 2.55 microns. This value was confirmed by separate measurements of scattering and absorption loss.

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D. C. Tran, K. H. Levin, M. J. Burk, C. F . Fisher, and D. Brower "Preparation And Properties Of High Optical Quality IR Transmitting Glasses And Fibers Based On Metal Fluorides", Proc. SPIE 0618, Infrared Optical Materials and Fibers IV, (12 May 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.961092

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