Functional fibers and functional fiber-based components for high-power lasers

X Chen, T Yao, L Huang, Y An, H Wu, Z Pan… - Advanced Fiber …, 2023 - Springer
The success of high-power fiber lasers is fueled by maturation of active and passive fibers,
combined with the availability of high-power fiber-based components. In this contribution, we …

[HTML][HTML] Materials for optical fiber lasers: A review

PD Dragic, M Cavillon, J Ballato - Applied Physics Reviews, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
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 …

Nanocrystal-in-glass composite (NGC): A powerful pathway from nanocrystals to advanced optical materials

Q Pan, D Yang, G Dong, J Qiu, Z Yang - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Transparent nanocrystal-in-glass composite (NGC) comprising functional nanocrystals in
transparent inorganic glass creates a new bridging from nano/microscale structure to …

Silicon optical fiber

J Ballato, T Hawkins, P Foy, R Stolen, B Kokuoz… - Optics express, 2008 - opg.optica.org
Described herein are initial experimental details and properties of a silicon core, silica glass-
clad optical fiber fabricated using conventional optical fiber draw methods. Such …

All-fiber optical magnetic-field sensor based on Faraday rotation in highly terbium-doped fiber

L Sun, S Jiang, JR Marciante - Optics express, 2010 - opg.optica.org
An all-fiber optical magnetic field sensor is demonstrated. It consists of a fiber Faraday
rotator and a fiber polarizer. The fiber Faraday rotator uses a 2-cm-long section of 56-wt …

Sapphire-derived all-glass optical fibres

P Dragic, T Hawkins, P Foy, S Morris, J Ballato - Nature Photonics, 2012 - nature.com
As performance demands continue to grow, many optical fibre systems are operating at
progressively higher power levels. However, Brillouin scattering restricts continued power …

Fiber optic sensors based on the Faraday effect

P Mihailovic, S Petricevic - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Some 175 years ago Michael Faraday discovered magnetic circular birefringence, now
commonly known as the Faraday effect. Sensing the magnetic field through the influence …

Perspective: Molten core optical fiber fabrication—A route to new materials and applications

J Ballato, AC Peacock - APL Photonics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Optical fibers have transformed our lives. Not only do they act as the pipeline through which
information is transmitted around the globe, but they are also critical components in a …

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 …

Glass-clad single-crystal germanium optical fiber

J Ballato, T Hawkins, P Foy, B Yazgan-Kokuoz… - Optics express, 2009 - opg.optica.org
Long lengths (250 meters) of a flexible 150 μm diameter glass-clad optical fiber containing a
15 μm diameter crystalline and phase-pure germanium core was fabricated using …