Hollow fibers are sealed with a film of fluorocarbon polymer to protect the inner surface from debris or water scattered from targets. The transmission loss of the 20 /spl mu/m-thick sealing film was 0.2 dB for Er:YAG laser.


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    Title :

    Sealing technique for infrared hollow fibers [for medical laser delivery]


    Contributors:
    Matsuura, Y. (author) / Kobayashi, N. (author) / Mohri, S. (author) / Abe, Y. (author) / Yi-Wei Shi, (author) / Kasai, T. (author) / Miyagi, M. (author)


    Publication date :

    2001-01-01


    Size :

    162416 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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