Over the past two decades, fiber laser technologies have matured to such an extent that they
have captured a large portion of the commercial laser marketplace. Yet, there still is a …

It is hard to overstate the utility of lasers in modern technology. Optical-fiber-based lasers are
of particular value thanks to their combination of small form factors, afforded by the coilability …

Recently there is a growing interest in develo** few-mode fiber (FMF) based distributed
sensors, which can attain higher spatial resolution and sensitivity compared with the …

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 …

The ability to shape the index profile of optical fibers holds the key to fully flexible
engineering of their optical properties and future applications. We present a new approach …

We have successfully synthesized Er 3+ ion-doped TeO 2-B 2 O 3-ZnF 2-BaO using
conventional melt and quenching technique to explore their possible future application. The …

All voice and data communications employ silica glass optical fiber at some point in their
nearly instantaneous transmission. This is enabled globally by the annual production of over …

We demonstrate the use of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) as a monolithic temperature sensor
from ambient to liquid nitrogen temperatures, without the use of any auxiliary embedding …

We propose a new hollow ring core silica photonic crystal fiber that can support 101 orbital
angular momentum (OAM) modes, maintaining a high mode quality without phase distortion …

We proposed a novel photonic crystal fiber composed of a double-cladding square lattice
that could be used in dual-band, Er and Tm optical gain bands, simultaneously supporting a …