Abstract:
An active optical fibre, including: a core; an inner cladding substantially surrounding the core, whereby the core and the inner cladding form an area configured to propagate pump radiation; an outer cladding comprised of at least a third material with at least a third refractive index substantially surrounding the inner cladding, the third refractive index being smaller than the second refractive index, whereby the outer cladding confines pump radiation to the core and the inner cladding; and a coating comprised of a thermally conductive material substantially surrounding the outer cladding, wherein the inner cladding is configured to reduce impact of spatial hole-burning on absorption of the pump radiation as the pump radiation propagates through the active optical fibre, and wherein the thermally conductive material of the coating supports a reduced temperature increase between the area and an outer surface of the coating.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Herstellung eines dotierten SiO 2 - Schlickers indem eine SiO 2 -Suspension mit mindestens einer Dotierlösung in Wechselwirkung gebracht wird, wobei die SiO 2 -Suspension oder/und die Dotierlösung als Sprühnebel aufeinander einwirken, dessen mittlerer Tropfendurchmesser im Bereich zwischen 10 μm und 100 μm liegt. Die Erfindung betrifft weiterhin die Verwendung eines mittels des Sprühnebelverfahrens dotierten SiO 2 -Schlickers zur Herstellung von dotiertem Quarzglas, insbesondere zur Herstellung von laseraktivem Quarzglas.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing a doped SiO 2 slurry in which an SiO2 suspension is brought into interaction with at least one doping solution, wherein the SiO2 suspension and/or the doping solution act on one another in the form of an atomised spray, the average droplet diameter of which is in the range between 10 μm and 100 μm. The invention further relates to the use of an SiO2 slurry doped by the atomised spray method for the production of doped quartz glass, particularly for the production of laser-active quartz glass.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a large-core optical fiber and a large-core optical fiber system, wherein the optical fiber comprises of a core having a core raidius ρ and a core index of refraction n core ; a first cladding disposed about said core, said first cladding having an outer radius ρ 1 and an index of refraction n cl , said core and said first cladding having a difference in index of refraction Δn = n core - n cl , and a numerical aperture (NA) less than about 0.05, said NA determined by n core and n cl ; and a second cladding disposed about said first cladding, said first cladding and said second cladding having a difference in index of refraction Δn 1 , wherein the first cladding radius ρ 1 is greater than about 1.1 ρ and less than about 2 ρ and the refractive index difference between said first cladding and said second cladding, Δn 1 , is greater than about 1.5 Δn and less than about 50 Δn. The optical fiber system for providing optical amplification consists of the large-core optical fiber, wherein said core of said large-core fiber is doped with one or more types of rare earth ions, said large-core optical fiber comprising of a combined waveguide formed by said core and said first cladding layer; an optical pump optically coupled to said large-core optical fiber; and an optical source optically coupled to an input of said large-core optical fiber.
Abstract:
A light amplification optical fiber capable of suppressing a decrease in an amplification efficiency thereof ascribed to the concentration quenching of erbium ions, and the nonlinearity thereof is provided. At least one rare earth element, for example, Yb, which is other than the erbium ions, and which has an ion radius not smaller than 70% and not larger than 130% of that of erbium ions is doped to a core portion of an erbium ion-doped light amplification optical fiber.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an amplifying optical fiber comprising a central core adapted to convey and amplify an optical signal, and an cladding surrounding the central core and adapted to confine the conveyed optical signal in the central core. The central core is formed of a core matrix containing nanoparticles, the nanoparticles comprising a nanoparticle matrix and rare-earth-dopant elements. The core matrix also includes an additional dopant. Furthermore, the concentration by weight of rare-earth-dopant elements in the central core lies in the range 200 ppm to 1000 ppm, the concentration by weight of the nanoparticle matrix in the central core lies in the range 0.5 wt% to 5 wt%, preferably in the range 1.5 wt% to 4 wt%, and the concentration by weight of the additional dopant in the central core lies in the range 1 wt% to 10 wt%.
Abstract:
A light amplifying optical fiber capable of restricting a reduction in amplifying efficiency and non-linearity caused by the concentration quenching of erbium ions. At least one of rare earth elements, having an ion radius at least 70% and up to 130% of that of erbium and excluding erbium, for example, Yb, is added to the core portion of an erbium-ion-added light amplifying optical fiber.
Abstract:
Various embodiments described herein include rare earth doped glass compositions that may be used in optical fiber and rods having large core sizes. Such optical fibers and rods may be employed in fiber lasers and amplifiers. The index of refraction of the glass may be substantially uniform and may be close to that of silica in some embodiments. Possible advantages to such features include reduction of formation of additional waveguides within the core, which becomes increasingly a problem with larger core sizes.