Bell Labs scientist uses a laser beam to melt glass

Bell Labs scientist uses a powerful, invisible laser beam to melt a glass rod so it can be drawn into a hair-thin fiber about a mile long., Credit Line: Bell Laboratories / Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection
Abstract/Description: Bell Labs scientist uses a powerful, invisible laser beam to melt a glass rod so it can be drawn into a hair-thin fiber about a mile long.
Subject(s): Fiber optics
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Credit Line: Bell Laboratories / Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection
Catalog ID: Fiber Optics F4