@inproceedings{ac3358fdac0d4c009371b7fb81258129,
title = "Fabrication of silver-coated hollow fiber with an inner diameter of 100 μm or less",
abstract = "Extremely flexible hollow fibers with 100-μm-bore size or less were developed for infrared laser delivery. Fabrication process and transmission properties of the ultra-thin hollow fiber were discussed. The silver layer was inner-plated by using the conventional silver mirror-plating technique. Concerning the fabrication parameters used up to now for 320-μm bore-sized fibers, the target flowing rate for plating solutions was 10 ml/min. Parallel bundles of silica capillary were used to increase the cross-sectional area. To achieve the target, bundles with 560 pieces, 1200 pieces, and 9600 pieces were used for the capillary with inner diameters of 100-μm, 75-μm, and 50-μm, respectively. The loss for the 50-μm bore size, 10-cm length silver hollow fiber was 10 dB at the wavelength of 1 μm.",
keywords = "hollow fiber, infrared laser, silver plating, small-bore",
author = "Katsumasa Iwai and Mitsunobu Miyagi and Shi, {Yi Wei} and Yuji Matsuura",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1117/12.874087",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780819484314",
series = "Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE",
booktitle = "Optical Fibers, Sensors, and Devices for Biomedical Diagnostics and Treatment XI",
note = "Optical Fibers, Sensors, and Devices for Biomedical Diagnostics and Treatment XI ; Conference date: 22-01-2011 Through 23-01-2011",
}