Bismuth-doped optical fibers: a challenging active medium for near-IR lasers and optical amplifiers

EM Dianov - Light: Science & Applications, 2012 - nature.com
It has recently been demonstrated that Bi-doped glass optical fibers are a promising active
laser medium. Various types of Bi-doped optical fibers have been developed and used to …

Recent advances in bismuth activated photonic materials

HT Sun, J Zhou, J Qiu - Progress in Materials Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Bismuth is one of the most thoroughly investigated main group elements, which has been
regarded as 'the wonder metal'because of its diverse oxidation states and profound …

Bi-doped fiber lasers

IA Bufetov, EM Dianov - Laser physics letters, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The recent results on the new laser material–Bi-doped glasses and optical fibers are
reviewed. First, luminescence properties of various Bi-doped glasses are discussed. At last …

Amplification in extended transmission bands using bismuth-doped optical fibers

EM Dianov - Journal of lightwave technology, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Bismuth-doped optical glasses emit NIR luminescence in an ultrabroad spectral region of
1000-2000 nm. It makes Bi-doped glasses and glass optical fibers a promising active …

Discussion on the origin of NIR emission from Bi-doped materials

M Peng, G Dong, L Wondraczek, L Zhang… - Journal of Non …, 2011 - Elsevier
Ever since the discovery of ultra-broadband near-infrared (NIR) photoluminescence (PL)
from Bi-doped silicate glass, this class of materials and corresponding devices have …

Origin of broad NIR photoluminescence in bismuthate glass and Bi-doped glasses at room temperature

M Peng, C Zollfrank, L Wondraczek - Journal of Physics …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Bi-doped glasses with broadband photoluminescence in the near-infrared (NIR) spectral
range are presently receiving significant consideration for potential applications in …

Compact and efficient O-band bismuth-doped phosphosilicate fiber amplifier for fiber-optic communications

SV Firstov, AM Khegai, AV Kharakhordin… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
During last decades there has been considerable interest in developing a fiber amplifier for
the 1.3-μ m spectral region that is comparable in performance to the Er-doped fiber amplifier …

Broadband NIR photoluminescence from Bi-doped Ba2P2O7 crystals: Insights into the nature of NIR-emitting Bismuth centers

M Peng, B Sprenger, MA Schmidt, H Schwefel… - Optics express, 2010 - opg.optica.org
We report on a novel type of Bi-doped crystal that exhibits ultrabroadband
photoluminescence in the near infrared (NIR). Emission centers can be generated and …

Superbroadband near-IR photoluminescence from Pr3+-doped fluorotellurite glasses

B Zhou, L Tao, YH Tsang, W Jin, EYB Pun - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
Praseodymium (Pr^ 3+)-doped fluorotellurite glasses were synthesized and broadband
photoluminescence (PL) covering a wavelength range from 1.30 to 1.67 μm was observed …

Broadband tunable near-infrared emission of Bi-doped composite germanosilicate glasses

N Zhang, J Qiu, G Dong, Z Yang, Q Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
A broadband near-infrared (NIR) emission from Bi-doped lithium aluminum germanosilicate
glasses is observed when excited by an 808 nm laser diode (LD). The intensity of the NIR …