Flexible small-bore hollow fibers with an inner polymer coating

Yukio Abe; Yi Wei Shi; Yuji Matsuura; Mitsunobu Miyagi

doi:10.1364/OL.25.000150

Flexible small-bore hollow fibers with an inner polymer coating

Yukio Abe, Yi Wei Shi, Yuji Matsuura, Mitsunobu Miyagi

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Tohoku University

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Flexible hollow-glass fibers with small-bore diameters of 250 and 320 μm have been developed for Er:YAG laser delivery. The fibers consist of a glass capillary tube and an inner coating of silver and polymer thin films that are deposited by use of a simple liquid-phase technique. The 250-μm-bore fiber exhibits a straight loss of 0.8 dB/m and a bending loss of 1.2 dB when it is bent 180° at the output end, with a bending radius of 2 cm. The maximum energy delivered by the fibers is ∼100 mJ.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	150-152
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	25
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.25.000150
Publication status	Published - 2000 Feb 1

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