Silica Optical Fibers Doped with Nanoparticles for Fiber Lasers and Broadband Sources

Title:Silica Optical Fibers Doped with Nanoparticles for Fiber Lasers and Broadband Sources

Volume: 12 Issue: 3

Author(s): Ivan Kasik, Pavel Peterka, Jan Mrazek and Pavel Honzatko

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Keywords: Ceramics, fiber laser, nanocrystal, nanoparticle, optical fiber, rare-earth, silica.

Abstract: We present a review on recent progress in the research and development of nanoparticlecontaining optical fibers for high-power fiber lasers, amplifiers, and ASE sources. Attention has been focused on rare-earth-doped silica fibers with nanoparticles in the core. Progress in materials, technologies, characterization techniques, and achievements has been summarized. Materials of active fibers based on yttrium-aluminium silicates, mullite, protoenstatite, and phosphates doped with Er³⁺, Yb ³⁺, Eu³⁺, and Tm³⁺ have been reviewed. The material research in this field has been systematically investigated by research groups from ORC Southampton, CGCRI Kolkata, LPMC Nice together with CNR-IOM-OGG Grenoble, nLIGHT (formerly Liekki), and IPE Prague since 2007. The best slope efficiency achieved with Yb –doped nanoparticle-containing fiber was in the range of 70-80 %.

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Kasik Ivan, Peterka Pavel, Mrazek Jan and Honzatko Pavel, Silica Optical Fibers Doped with Nanoparticles for Fiber Lasers and Broadband Sources, Current Nanoscience 2016; 12 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573413711666150624170638