Guided transmission for 10 micron tunable lasersPerformance characteristics are reported for two types of IR tunable laser guided transmission, one of which incorporates a CO2 laser, metallic piping or fiber-optics, and a detector system, while the other employs a tunable diode laser, fiber-optics, and a detector system. While existing technology furnishes low loss, rugged, near-single mode piping, fiber-optics exhibits appreciably higher loss, and its multimode fibers are fragile and chemically unstable. Studies have accordingly concentrated on such relevant fiber parameters as loss, toxicity, hygroscopicity, refractive index, flexibility, and thermal behavior at low temperature.
Document ID
19880033062
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Yu, C. (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State Univ. Greensboro, NC, United States)
Sabzali, A. (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State Univ. Greensboro, NC, United States)
Yekrangian, A. (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Greensboro, United States)