Chalcogenide optical fibers
Chalcogenide Glass Fibers and Planar Waveguides for Infrared Optics
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Chalcogenide optical fibers
Chalcogenide Glass Fibers and Planar Waveguides for Infrared Optics

Authors : Catherine BOUSSARD-plédel, Virginie NAZABAL, Johann TROLÈS, Bruno BUREAU, Xiang-Hua ZHANG, Jean-Luc ADAM

Publication date: April 10, 2016 | Lire en français

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2. Chalcogenide optical fibers

2.1 Principle of light propagation

Light propagation in an optical fiber is achieved by total internal reflection along the glass fiber, as demonstrated by Jean-Daniel Colladon using a simple water jet to guide the light (figure 5 ).

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