@inproceedings{6779d67b8d85415aae3df4d5964dafd5,
title = "Fabrication of a rugged polymer-coated silver hollow fiber with a vitreous film for the infrared",
abstract = "A rugged hollow fiber is fabricated by liquid-phase coating techniques. A silica glass capillary is used as the substrate and a vitreous film is firstly coated on the inner surface of the capillary to protect the glass tube from moisture. This protective coating keeps the thin-wall glass tube away from damage due to the following silver plating process. On the protective coating, a silver film is deposited by the conventional mirror plating technique. Subsequently, a polymer film is coated on the silver film to reduce transmission loss by employing interference effect of the polymer film. Fabrication processes and transmission properties of the rugged polymer-coated silver hollow fiber were discussed. The loss for the 700-μm-bore size, 1-m-length hollow fiber was 2 dB under straight configuration, and 3.5 dB under the configuration of a 270 degree bending with a 15-mm bending radius at the wavelength of 2.94 μm.",
keywords = "coating, dielectric layer, hollow fiber, infrared, laser",
author = "Katsumasa Iwai and Mitsunobu Miyagi and Shi, {Yi Wei} and Yuji Matsuura",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1117/12.2002364",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780819493453",
series = "Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE",
booktitle = "Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XIII",
note = "Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XIII ; Conference date: 02-02-2013 Through 03-02-2013",
}