Abstract
The demonstration of ultraviolet (UV) laser ablation technique for cleaving of air-polymer structure (APF) fiber was presented. ArF exciplex laser with an unstable resonator cavity with pulse-to-pulse intensity fluctuations was used for the study. The thermal diffusion time across a 200 μm diameter was observed to be 500 ms. The polymer waveguide technology necessitates resolution of subsequent more complex and challenging technical issues.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 139-143 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Optics Communications |
| Volume | 202 |
| Issue number | 1-3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2002 |