V. G. Artyushenko, L. N. Butvinа, V. V. Voĭtsekhovskiĭ, E. M. Dianov, I. S. Lisitskiĭ, A. M. Prokhorov, V. K. Sysoev, “Polycrystalline waveguides with 0.35 dB/m losses at the 10.6 μ wavelength”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1984, Volume 11, Number 1,Pages <nobr>5

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Polycrystalline waveguides with 0.35 dB/m losses at the 10.6 μ wavelength

V. G. Artyushenko, L. N. Butvinа, V. V. Voĭtsekhovskiĭ, E. M. Dianov, I. S. Lisitskiĭ, A. M. Prokhorov, V. K. Sysoev

Abstract: Polycrystalline waveguides with diameters of 500 μ were extruded from KRS-5 and KRS-6 crystals. A reduction in the average grain size to 3 μ made it possible to ensure that the minimum bending radius was 1 cm. The lowest optical losses in a waveguide made of a KRS-5 crystal were 0.35 dB/m at 10.6μ and they were mainly due to absorption. A waveguide 1-m long transmitted radiation from a cw CO₂ laser of up to 10 W power.

UDC: 621.391.029.7

PACS: 42.79.Gn, 42.86.+b, 81.20.Hy

Received: 26.07.1983