[HTML][HTML] Flexible photonics in carbon and glass fiber reinforced polymers for new multifunctionality: Exploring the advances, challenges, and opportunities

C Holmes, J Dulieu-Barton - Optical Materials: X, 2023 - Elsevier
Flexible photonics, characterized by their planar design and integrated features, have
surfaced as a promising technology to unlock new possibilities for multifunctionality within …

Watt-level deep-UV subnanosecond laser system based on Nd-doped fiber at 229 nm

K Le Corre, A Barnini, T Robin, B Cadier, R Florentin… - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We report an efficient deep-UV master-oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) laser system at
229 nm that generates 350 ps pulses at 2 MHz repetition rate with an average power of 1.2 …

Picosecond high-power 213-nm deep-ultraviolet laser generation using β-BaB2O4 crystal

Y Chu, X Zhang, B Chen, J Wang, J Yang… - Optics & Laser …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, we successfully demonstrate the achievement of 1.37 W average power for a
picosecond deep ultraviolet (DUV) laser at 213 nm with a 1 MHz repetition rate using β-BaB …

Direct UV written waveguides and Bragg gratings in doped planar silica using a 213 nm laser

QS Ahmed, PC Gow, C Holmes, PL Mennea… - Electronics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, the first demonstration of simultaneous UV written Bragg gratings and
waveguides in germanium and boron‐doped planar silica is presented using a 5th harmonic …

A 206-nm all-solid-state deep-ultraviolet laser with 291 MW peak power

Q Ran, JS Short, QJ Wang, H Li - Frontiers in Physics, 2023 - frontiersin.org
We successfully demonstrate the generation of an all-solid-state deep-ultraviolet (DUV)
laser at 206 nm through the fifth (4+ 1)-harmonic generation using a 197-W, 10-kHz, 1.2-ps …

Demonstrating low Raman background in UV-written SiO2 waveguides

MN Jensen, JC Gates, AI Flint, OG Hellesø - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Raman spectroscopy can give a chemical'fingerprint'from both inorganic and organic
samples, and has become a viable method of measuring the chemical composition of single …

213 nm laser written waveguides in Ge-doped planar silica without hydrogen loading

PC Gow, QS Ahmed, PL Mennea, RHS Bannerman… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
In this paper we present the first example of waveguides fabricated by UV writing in non-
hydrogen loaded Ge-doped planar silica with 213 nm light. Single mode waveguides were …

Microwave consolidation of UV photosensitive doped silica for integrated photonics

PC Gow, QS Ahmed, JC Gates, PGR Smith… - Optical Materials …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Rapid thermal consolidation of doped silica soot in a silicon carbide lined kiln subjected to
microwave radiation is reported. The silica soot is fabricated through flame hydrolysis …

Investigation into the writing dynamics of planar Bragg gratings using pulsed 213 nm radiation

QS Ahmed, JW Field, C Holmes, SZ Oo… - Optical Materials …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We present the first substantive investigation into the photosensitivity response of planar-
doped silica to pulsed 213 nm light. We look at the response over a broad range of fluences …

Direct 213 nm UV written Bragg gratings and waveguides in planar silica without hydrogen loading

QS Ahmed, PC Gow, PL Mennea… - … Research, Silicon and …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Direct 213 nm UV written Bragg gratings and waveguides in planar silica without hydrogen
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