An Improved Thermal Gas Lens for Optical Beam Waveguides
- 1 January 1970
- journal article
- website
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Bell System Technical Journal
- Vol. 49 (1) , 137-153
- https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-7305.1970.tb01761.x
Abstract
The quality of thermal gas lenses can be significantly improved if the heated gas is exhausted radially. This type of exhaust is typically created in a counter-flow lens where opposing gas flows pass through two closely spaced lens sections and exhau...Keywords
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