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Catastrophic destruction of fluoride and chalcogenide optical fibres under laser radiation in the wavelength region 1–1.5 µm has been investigated for the first time. Different characteristics and much lower thresholds of catastrophic damage compared to silica-based fibres have been discovered.
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Dianov et al. (2002) studied this question.
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