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Infrared Fiber Optical Materials

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Fiber Optics

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Recent advances in the technology of fabricating infrared optical-fiber waveguides together with advances in the development of highly transparent infrared window materials show great promise for the development of ultra low-loss infrared transmitting fiber-optical waveguides suitable for communication links. Theoretical calculations indicate the feasibility of using polycrystalline alkali halides as waveguides with predicted losses as low as 0.01 dB/km at selected near-infrared wavelengths.

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  1. Hughes Research Laboratories, 3011 Malibu Canyon Road, Malibu, California, 90265, USA

    A. L. Gentile, M. Braunstein, D. A. Pinnow, J. A. Harrington, D. M. Henderson, J. Myer, R. C. Pastor & R. R. Turk

  2. Strategic Sensor Division, Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, CA, 90230, USA

    Dr. L. M. Hobrock

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  1. Rome Air Development Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, USA

    Bernard Bendow

  2. University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA

    Shashanka S. Mitra

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Gentile, A.L. et al. (1979). Infrared Fiber Optical Materials. In: Bendow, B., Mitra, S.S. (eds) Fiber Optics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3492-7_5

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