Recent progress on mid-infrared pulsed fiber lasers and the applications

X Li, X Huang, X Hu, X Guo, Y Han - Optics & Laser Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
In the past two decades, great progress has been made in the development of inexpensive,
compact and efficient mid-infrared pulsed fiber laser Q-switched, mode-locked, and gain …

Review of femtosecond-laser-inscribed fiber Bragg gratings: fabrication technologies and sensing applications

J He, B Xu, X Xu, C Liao, Y Wang - Photonic Sensors, 2021 - Springer
Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is the most widely used optical fiber sensor due to its compact
size, high sensitivity, and easiness for multiplexing. Conventional FBGs fabricated by using …

Fiber-based sources of coherent MIR radiation: key advances and future prospects

SD Jackson, RK Jain - Optics express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The mid-infrared (MIR) represents a large portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is
progressively being exploited for an enormous number of applications. Thermal imaging …

Optical waveguides fabricated via femtosecond direct laser writing: processes, materials, and devices

J Li, C Cao, Y Qiu, C Kuang… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As the most fundamental unit of photonic integration, optical waveguides offer the possibility
of develo** efficient and practical photonic chips by facilitating the on‐chip integration of …

Advances in fibre Bragg grating technology for magnetic field sensing: A review

A Rostami, FA Wahaab, H Soleimani, S Sikiru… - Measurement, 2023 - Elsevier
Magnetic field sensing is crucial for various scientific and technological applications, but
current methods have limitations in cost, size, and weight. Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) …

Single-mode helical Bragg grating waveguide created in a multimode coreless fiber by femtosecond laser direct writing

J He, J He, X Xu, B Du, B Xu, C Liao, Z Bai… - Photonics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate the fabrication of single-mode helical Bragg grating waveguides (HBGWs)
in a multimode coreless fiber by using a femtosecond laser direct writing technique. This …

Long wavelength operation of a dysprosium fiber laser for polymer processing

MR Majewski, G Bharathan, A Fuerbach, SD Jackson - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate operation of a mid-infrared dysprosium-doped fiber laser with emission at
3388 nm, representing the longest wavelength yet achieved from this class of laser, to the …

High-efficiency fluoroindate glass fiber laser

Y Ososkov, J Lee, TT Fernandez, A Fuerbach… - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We report the high-efficiency operation of a 3.05? µm dysprosium-doped fluoroindate glass
fiber laser that is in-band pumped at 2.83? µm using an erbium-doped fluorozirconate glass …

Design of a High Performance Mid-IR Fiber Laser Based on Pr3+-Doped Fluoroindate Glass

AM Loconsole, VV Francione, A Annunziato… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
In this work, a novel continuous wave fiber laser, pumped at and emitting at, has been
designed and optimized. It is based on a step-index, double-cladding, praseodymium-doped …

[BOOK][B] Mid-infrared fluoride and chalcogenide glasses and fibers

P Wang, X Wang, H Guo, P Zhang, S Wang, S Jia… - 2022 - Springer
Glass has been in existence for millennia, mainly for glass vessels, decorative art, jewelery
and of course in windows. The use of silica-based glass fibers as light guides began in the …