Theory Of CO2 Laser Transmission Through Curved Hollow Dielectric Waveguides

C A Hill; R M Jenkins; R W. J. Devereux

doi:10.1117/12.941399

24 August 1987 Theory Of CO₂ Laser Transmission Through Curved Hollow Dielectric Waveguides

C A Hill, R M Jenkins, R W. J. Devereux

Proceedings Volume 0806, Active Infrared Systems and Technology; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941399
Event: Fourth International Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, The Hague, Netherlands

Abstract

The infrared transmission properties of uniformly curved hollow dielectric guides, usually found by solving the field equations in toroidal coordinates, are studied here in terms of the modes of the straight guide. The results are in encouraging agreement with experiments at 10.6 μm on short bent silica tubes. Mode output quality and guide dissipative losses are seen to depend sharply on curvature and guide geometry.

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C A Hill, R M Jenkins, and R W. J. Devereux "Theory Of CO₂ Laser Transmission Through Curved Hollow Dielectric Waveguides", Proc. SPIE 0806, Active Infrared Systems and Technology, (24 August 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941399

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