Recent advances in bismuth activated photonic materials

HT Sun, J Zhou, J Qiu - Progress in Materials Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Bismuth is one of the most thoroughly investigated main group elements, which has been
regarded as 'the wonder metal'because of its diverse oxidation states and profound …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in sol–gel synthesis of monolithic silica and silica-based glasses

K Kajihara - Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies, 2013 - Elsevier
Studies on sol–gel synthesis of monolithic silica and silicate glasses are summarized. Major
research efforts have been devoted to avoid the fracture problems, associated with the …

Bi-doped optical fibers and fiber lasers

IA Bufetov, MA Melkumov, SV Firstov… - IEEE Journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The current state of the art in infrared Bi-doped fiber laser research is reviewed. The relevant
fiber glass compositions and fiber technologies are introduced. Lasers operating on …

Discussion on the origin of NIR emission from Bi-doped materials

M Peng, G Dong, L Wondraczek, L Zhang… - Journal of Non …, 2011 - Elsevier
Ever since the discovery of ultra-broadband near-infrared (NIR) photoluminescence (PL)
from Bi-doped silicate glass, this class of materials and corresponding devices have …

A 23-dB bismuth-doped optical fiber amplifier for a 1700-nm band

SV Firstov, SV Alyshev, KE Riumkin, VF Khopin… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
It is now almost twenty-five years since the first Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA) was
demonstrated. Currently, the EDFA is one of the most important elements widely used in …

[HTML][HTML] Bismuth-doped fiber lasers and amplifiers operating from O-to U-band: Current state of the art and outlook

S Alyshev, A Khegai, A Umnikov, S Firstov - Photonics, 2024 - mdpi.com
The development of unique optical materials that provide amplification and lasing in new
wavelength ranges is a major scientific problem, the solution of which is becoming the basis …

Broadband tunable near-infrared emission of Bi-doped composite germanosilicate glasses

N Zhang, J Qiu, G Dong, Z Yang, Q Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
A broadband near-infrared (NIR) emission from Bi-doped lithium aluminum germanosilicate
glasses is observed when excited by an 808 nm laser diode (LD). The intensity of the NIR …

Efficient enhancement of bismuth NIR luminescence by aluminum and its mechanism in bismuth‐doped germanate laser glass

L Wang, L Tan, Y Yue, M Peng… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
As a new member of laser glass family, bismuth‐doped glasses have received rising
interests due to the application of fiber amplifiers and laser sources in the new spectral …

Luminescence properties of IR-emitting bismuth centres in-based glasses in the UV to near-IR spectral region

EG Firstova, IA Bufetov, VF Khopin… - Quantum …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We have studied UV excitation spectra of IR luminescence in bismuth-doped glasses of
various compositions and obtained energy level diagrams of IR-emitting bismuth-related …

Bismuth-doped silica-based fiber lasers operating between 1389 and 1538 nm with output power of up to 22 W

AV Shubin, IA Bufetov, MA Melkumov, SV Firstov… - Optics letters, 2012 - opg.optica.org
An efficient CW bismuth fiber laser operating around 1.46 μm with an efficiency of> 50% and
an output power of> 20 W has been developed on a bismuth-doped GeO_2-SiO_2 fiber. The …