Rethinking optical fiber: new demands, old glasses

J Ballato, P Dragic - Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
From a materials perspective optical fibers are victims of their own success. The advent of
the laser, 50 yr ago, coupled with an insatiable demand for information enabled by light …

Clusters dissolution of Yb3+ in codoped SiO2-Al2O3-P2O5 glass fiber and its relevance to photodarkening

T Deschamps, N Ollier, H Vezin… - The Journal of chemical …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Using a combination of pulse electron paramagnetic resonance and photoluminescence
spectroscopy, we demonstrate the major role of phosphorous rather than aluminium in the …

Evidence of AlOHC responsible for the radiation-induced darkening in Yb doped fiber

T Deschamps, H Vezin, C Gonnet, N Ollier - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
Using a combination of experimental techniques such as optical absorption, Raman
scattering, continuous wave and pulse Electron Spin Resonance (ESR), we characterize a …

Heat treatment to regulate bismuth valence toward enhanced radiation resistance in barium gallo‐germanate glass

N Yan, P ** in Al/Yb/Ce-doped silica glasses: Evidence from optical spectroscopy, EPR and XPS analyses
C Shao, W Xu, N Ollier, M Guzik, G Boulon… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Yb 3+/Al 3+ co-doped silica glasses with different Ce 2 O 3 contents were prepared using
the sol–gel method combined with high-temperature sintering. Changes in refractive index …

Feasibility study of Yb: YAG-derived silicate fibers with large Yb content as gain media

PD Dragic, J Ballato, T Hawkins, P Foy - Optical Materials, 2012 - Elsevier
We present spectroscopic measurements and amplifier experiments on a new type of Yb-
doped glass optical fiber derived from Yb: YAG crystal rods. The goal of this work is to …

Ytterbium-doped fiber laser as pulsed source of narrowband amplified spontaneous emission

P Muniz-Cánovas, YO Barmenkov, AV Kir'yanov… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
We report random noise pulsed regime of an ytterbium-doped fiber laser arranged in
common Fabry-Perot configuration. We show that the laser output obeys the photon statistics …

Effective photodarkening suppression in Yb-doped fiber lasers by visible light injection

R Piccoli, T Robin, T Brand, U Klotzbach, S Taccheo - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Al-silicate fibers have excellent manufacturing quality. Unfortunately, high-Yb do**
concentration may be limited by severe losses induced by photodarkening phenomenon. In …

Coexistence of quasi-CW and SBS-boosted self-Q-switched pulsing in ytterbium-doped fiber laser with low Q-factor cavity

YO Barmenkov, P Muniz-Cánovas… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We report the results of an experimental study of an ytterbium-doped fiber laser with low Q-
factor cavity. We demonstrate that the laser operates in two randomly alternating sub …