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Application-Specific Optical Fibres Manufactured from Multicomponent Glasses.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

E. R. Taylor ,
D. J. Taylor ,
L. Li ,
M. Tachibana ,
J. E. Townsend ,
J. Wang ,
P. J. Wells ,
L. Reekie ,
P. R. Morkel  and
D. N. Payne
E. R. Taylor
Affiliation:
Optical Fibre Group, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton S09 5NH, UK.
D. J. Taylor
Affiliation:
Optical Fibre Group, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton S09 5NH, UK.
L. Li
Affiliation:
Optical Fibre Group, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton S09 5NH, UK.
M. Tachibana
Affiliation:
Optical Fibre Group, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton S09 5NH, UK.
J. E. Townsend
Affiliation:
Optical Fibre Group, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton S09 5NH, UK.
J. Wang
Affiliation:
Optical Fibre Group, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton S09 5NH, UK.
P. J. Wells
Affiliation:
Optical Fibre Group, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton S09 5NH, UK.
L. Reekie
Affiliation:
Optical Fibre Group, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton S09 5NH, UK.
P. R. Morkel
Affiliation:
Optical Fibre Group, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton S09 5NH, UK.
D. N. Payne
Affiliation:
Optical Fibre Group, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton S09 5NH, UK.
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Abstract

Special fibres have been fabricated to demonstrate the potential of using multicomponent glass materials for sensors, devices and fibre lasers. High nonlinearity and large Verdet constants are confirmed for lead-silicate glass fibres. Nonlinear effects such as second harmonic generation (SHG), third harmonic generation (THG), electro-optic (EO) Kerr effect and optical switching are observed for F7 core glass fibres. Compound glasses are investigated as host glasses for fibre lasers and amplifiers. An all glass cladding pumped Nd-doped fibre laser from compound glassses is characterized.

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 172: Symposium P – Optical Fiber Materials and Processing , 1989 , 321
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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