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A NOVEL SEMICONDUCTOR HOLLOW-FIBER WAVEGUIDE FOR IR LIGHT DELIVERY

Award Information
Agency: National Science Foundation
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 27487
Amount: $64,949.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
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Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1994
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
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Principal Investigator
 Vladimir Manasson
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Abstract

RESEARCHERS ARE DEVELOPING A NOVEL HIGH-POWER, LOW-LOSS, HOLLOW-FIBER WAVEGUIDE FOR THE DELIVERY OF CO2 LASER ENERGY. THE WAVEGUIDE'S CLADDING WILL BE MADE OF MATERIALS WITH REFRACTIVE INDEX N<<1 IN THE CO2-LASER (10.6 MICRON) WAVELENGTH BAND. A UNIQUE FEATURE OF THE APPROACH IS THAT THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE CLADDING MATERIAL CAN BE EASILY VARIED BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE MATERIALS EMPLOYED. THUS, BY SLIGHTLY CHANGING MATERIAL COMPOSITION, THE OPERATING WAVELENGTH OF SUCH FIBERS CAN BE TUNED, MAKING THIS A GENERIC TECHNOLOGY WITH BROAD APPLICABILITY TO THE TRANSMISSION OF IR ENERGY FROM ANY SOURCE. ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY CALCULATIONS, THE DESIGN WILL RESULT IN A FIBER HAVING TRANSMISSION LOSSES THAT ARE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE LOWER, AT 10.6 MICRONS, THAN THE LOWEST LOSSES REPORTED FOR OTHER FIBERS. IT IS AT THIS WAVELENGTH THAT RESEARCHERS WILL FIRST DEMONSTRATE THIS TECHNOLOGY.

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