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FIBER & PREFORM FABRICATION: Novel fiber fabrication methods benefit fiber lasers
New modified chemical vapor deposition (MCVD)-based in-situ solution doping and chelate-in-crucible deposition techniques are improving the optical fibers from which fiber lasers are manufactured.
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FIBER & PREFORM FABRICATION: Novel fiber fabrication methods benefit fiber lasers
New modified chemical vapor deposition (MCVD)-based in-situ solution doping and chelate-in-crucible deposition techniques are improving the optical fibers from which fiber lasers are manufactured.
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FIBER FABRICATION : Phosphate glass fibers advance fiber-laser capabilities
Multicomponent phosphate glasses are excellent host materials for amplifiers and lasers, offering high solubility for rare-earth ions, excellent optical properties, and resistance against damage by high optical powers.
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FIBER FABRICATION : Single-mode fiber has very low bending loss
One can imagine the twists and turns taken by an optical fiber as it is routed in a fiber-to-the-home application.
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Chalcogenide optical fibers target mid-IR applications
… optical losses of infrared-transmitting chalcogenide glass fibers using improved chemical purification and better fiber fabrication techniques. The losses are now low enough for practical applications that include laser-power delivery, chemical …
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3M gift supports Clemson optical fiber capabilities
… few in the world, to have industry-level optical fiber fabrication capabilities. The company has given Clemson a modified ..... inorganic optical materials, especially optical fiber fabrication . The center currently holds, among others, a …
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Fiber laser systems shine brightly
… More powerful semiconductor pump lasers, improved fiber fabrication , and better energy storage and power scaling techniques ..... As a result, steady advances have occurred in fiber fabrication and design as well as in the understanding of the …
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SPECIALTY FIBERS: Direct nanoparticle deposition builds active fibers
… growing challenge for active fiber fabrication . While fiber lasers are making ..... A key question is whether fiber fabrication technology will be capable of ..... commercializing a new active- fiber fabrication process to meet the requirements …
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SPECIALTY FIBERS: Hollow-core fiber delivers ultrafast visible pulses
… scale by stacking hundreds of silica capillaries and then the assemblage is drawn down to the final diameter on a fiber - fabrication tower. As the structure is heated and stretched, the holes in the cladding and core must be pressurized to hold …
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FIBERS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Can standard fibers perform in next-gen coherent communications systems?
… dispersion, optical loss, and effective area (in some cases, broader than what can be manufactured using commercial fiber fabrication methods), coherent system performance can be examined as these parameters are varied. The goal is to explore coherent …
