Transition metal (TM) doping in silica core optical fiber is one of the research area which has been studied for long time
and Chromium (Cr) doping specially attracts a lot of research interest due to their broad emission band covering U, C
and L band with many potential application such as saturable absorber or broadband amplifier etc. This paper present
fabrication of Cr doped nano-phase separated silica fiber within yttria-alumina-silica core glass through conventional
Modified Chemical Vapor Deposition (MCVD) process coupled with solution doping technique along with different
material and optical characterization. For the first time scanning electron microscope (SEM) / energy dispersive X-ray
(EDX) analysis of porous soot sample and final preform has been utilized to investigate incorporation mechanism of Crions
with special emphasis on Cr-species evaporation at different stages of fabrication. We also report that optimized
annealing condition of our fabricated preform exhibited enhanced fluorescence emission and a broad band within 550-
800 nm wavelength region under pumping at 532 nm wavelength due to nano-phase restructuration.
We have fabricated new type of erbium doped fibre having core glass compositions of zirconia-yttria-alumino-phosphosilicate.
With the proper combination of zirconia and aluminium with other codopants, high concentration of 4000 ppm
erbium-ions was doped in the fibre core-glass by conventional MCVD and solution doping process without any phaseseparation.
The fabricated fibre exhibited wide gain band-width covering both C and L bands. The optical gain and noise
characteristics were studied for both single-channel and multi-channel amplification at C-band regime for different input
signal levels. This novel zirconia-erbium-doped fibre (Zr-EDF) has produced intrinsically flat gain of maximum gaindifference
of 2dB with average optical gain 22.5dB and noise figure of 4.5 dB for simultaneous four-channel
amplification at input signal level of -30dBm/channel in the optimized condition. The performances of Zr-EDF in terms
of gain-flattening and noise characteristics were found to be promising for small-signal multi-channel amplification
which would be applicable in dense-wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) system.
Single mode tapered fiber (SMTF) has been fabricated with core diameter of 8 μm and reduced cladding
diameter up to 11 μm by hydrofluoric acid (HF) etching technique. To obtain the required cladding
diameter, the time of etching has been optimized by using different HF concentrations. The mechanism as
well as kinetics path of etching reaction on standard optical fiber is discussed. This study is related to
surface catalyzed dissociation of HF followed by direct reaction with adsorbate molecules and the surface
silicon oxide molecules. The etched tapered fibers are then packaged on quartz substrate to use as sensor
element. Finally, the etched fiber is used as an element within chemical sensor based on evanescent field
absorption. In this experiment, a 419-ppm cobalt nitrate solution is used for sensing.
KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, High power lasers, Fiber lasers, Chemical vapor deposition, Fermium, Frequency modulation, Refractive index, Cladding, Photonics, Deposition processes
Large flattened mode optical fiber with raised index ring around the outer edge of the fiber core has been fabricated
through modified chemical vapour deposition process to raise the threshold for non-linear interaction in high power laser
fiber. The conversion of the fundamental mode shape from a Bessel function to a top hat function, enhances the effective
area of the core intersected by the mode without increasing the physical size of the core. The shape of the fundamental
mode is observed to be strongly dependent on the width of the raised index ring from the modal analysis. Suitable fiber
parameters have also been estimated through the modal field analysis. Fabrication process steps have been optimized to
achieve the desired fiber parameters. Modal field distribution, transmission properties and bending loss of the fabricated
fibers have been characterized.
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