Specialty Optical Fibers

Materials, Fabrication Technology, and Applications

1st Edition - February 17, 2024
Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
Editors: Mário Fernando Santos Ferreira, Mukul Chandra Paul
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 4 9 5 - 6
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 4 9 4 - 9

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Specialty Optical Fibers: Materials, Fabrication Technology, and Applications reviews theoretical and experimental photonic research relevant to the synthesis, processing, characterization, modeling, physical features, and applications of Specialty Optical Fibers (SOFs) with significant technological impact potential. All fiber-based advanced photonics device components rely on specialty optical fibers, which have either a unique waveguide structure or a novel material composition. High power optical amplifiers, high power fiber, and novel fabrication techniques for optical fiber design have enabled significant technological advances. The book provides discussion on these applications, including current research directions, future opportunities, and remaining challenges. It is suitable for researchers in academia and practitioners in R&D working in materials science, electrical engineering, and fiber optics.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Quote
List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part A: Fundamentals
1. Specialty optical fibers—materials, fabrication technology, and applications: introduction
Abstract
1.1 General overview
1.2 The core content of the book
1.3 Chapter-wise book summary
1.4 Interpretation of the book
References
2. Multimode optical fibers: versatile platform for nonlinear applications
Abstract
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The multimode fiber
2.3 Pulse propagation in MMFs
2.4 Nonlinear interactions in multimode fibers
2.5 Conclusion
References
3. Hollow-core fibers
Abstract
3.1 Introduction
3.2 ARROW theory of ARFs
3.3 ARFs for gas sensing
3.4 Functionalized surface ARFs
3.5 Optofluidic application of ARFs
3.6 Conclusions
References
4. Light propagation in gas-filled kagome hollow-core fibers
Abstract
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Optical guidance mechanisms of HC-PCFs
4.3 Dispersion and nonlinearity of gas-filled kagome PCFs
4.4 Generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation
4.5 Pulse propagation in gas-filled HC-PCFs
4.6 Conclusions
References
Part B: Fabrication technology
5. Fluoride glass-based optical fibers
Abstract
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Major types of fluoride glass
5.3 Synthesis methods for fluoride glasses
5.4 Fabrication methods of fluoride glass fibers
5.5 Applications of fluoride glass fibers
5.6 Conclusions
References
6. Fabrication and applications of nanostructured soft-glass optical fiber
Abstract
6.1 Introduction
6.2 An overview of fiber fabrication technology
6.3 Glass-ceramic fiber
6.4 Quantum dot fiber
6.5 Photonic crystal fiber
6.6 Conclusions
References
7. Nanoparticles-doped silica-glass-based optical fibers: fabrication and application
Abstract
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Silica-based optical fibers
7.3 The role of nanoparticles in optical fibers
7.4 Technology of optical fiber preparation
7.5 Preparation of nanoparticle-doped optical fibers
References
Part C: Specialty fibers and applications
8. Plastic optic fibers: types and applications
Abstract
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Key performance indicators
8.3 Materials
8.4 Fabrication of POFs
8.5 Application of POFs
8.6 Gain material doped POFs for random lasers
8.7 Prospect
References
9. Specialty optical fiber for high-average-power laser operation
Abstract
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Specialty optical fiber design
9.3 Discussion
9.4 Conclusion and prospect
References
10. Mid-infrared fibers and their applications to supercontinuum generation
Abstract
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Mid-IR glasses for supercontinuum fibers
10.3 Fluoride fibers and supercontinuum generation
10.4 Tellurite fibers and supercontinuum generation
10.5 Chalcogenide fibers and supercontinuum generation
10.6 All-fiber cascaded systems
10.7 Conclusion
References
11. Multimode fiber amplifiers: modeling and gain optimization
Abstract
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Design and optimization of multimode erbium-doped fiber amplifiers
11.3 Design and optimization of multimode fiber Raman amplifiers
11.4 Conclusions
References
12. Complex nonlinear multimode fiber systems
Abstract
12.1 Introduction
12.2 The spatial beam self-imaging effect
12.3 Dissipative spatial nonlinearities
12.4 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
13. Low-nonlinearity optical fibers and their applications
Abstract
13.1 Introduction
13.2 The material
13.3 The waveguide
13.4 Applications, examples, and perspectives
13.5 Conclusion
Funding
References
14. Fiber-coupled solid-state-based single-photon sources
Abstract
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Solid-state-based single-photon sources
14.3 Numerical optimization of the coupling efficiency of single-photon sources
14.4 Fiber-coupling techniques
14.5 Optical properties of fiber-coupled single-photon sources
14.6 Applications of fiber-coupled quantum light sources
14.7 Conclusion and outlook
References
15. Ultrafast thulium-doped fiber lasers and their applications
Abstract
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Preparation and characterization of saturable absorber device
15.3 Optical characterization of saturable absorber device
15.4 Mode-locked laser configuration
15.5 Mode-locked laser performance with Bi2Te3-SA
15.6 Mode-locked laser performance with SCG-SA
15.7 Application of ultrashort pulses
15.8 Conclusion
References
16. MW peak power diffraction-limited chirped-pulse Yb-doped tapered fiber amplifier
Abstract
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Different approaches in LMA fibers
16.3 Yb-doped tapered fiber amplifiers
16.4 Conclusion
References
17. Hollow-core microstructured optical fibers and their applications for biosensing
Abstract
17.1 Introduction to hollow-core microstructured optical fibers
17.2 Classification and working principle
17.3 Technology
17.4 Applications
17.5 Conclusions
Acknowledgment
References
18. Gas-filled hollow-core fiber lasers in the mid-infrared
Abstract
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Population inversion GFLs
18.3 Raman GFLs
18.4 Summary
References
Appendix 1. Back content of the book
Index

Mário Fernando Santos Ferreira

Mário F. S. Ferreira graduated in Physics from the University of Porto, Portugal, and received the Ph.D. degree in Physics in 1992 from the University of Aveiro, Portugal, where he is now a Professor at the Physics Department. Between 1990 and 1991 he was at the University of Essex, UK, performing experimental work on external cavity semiconductor lasers and nonlinear optical fiber amplifiers. His research interests have been concerned with the modelling and characterization of multi-section semiconductor lasers for coherent systems, quantum well lasers, optical fiber amplifiers and lasers, soliton propagation, polarization and nonlinear effects in optical fibers. He has written about 400 scientific journal and conference publications, and several books, namely: “Optics and Photonics” (Lidel, 2003, in Portuguese), “Topics of Mathematical Physics” (Editora Ciência Moderna, 2018, Brazil, in Portuguese), “Optical Fibers: Technology, Communications and recent Advances” (Ed., NOVA Science Publishers, 2017), “Advances in Optoelectronic Technology and Industry Development” (CRC Press, 2019), “Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers” (John Wiley & Sons, OSA, 2011), “Optical Signal Processing in Highly Nonlinear Fibers” (CRC Press, 2020), “Optical Fiber Technology and Applications – Recent Advances” (IOP Publishing, 2021), “Solitons in Optical Fiber Systems” (John Wiley & Sons, 2022), and “Dissipative Optical Solitons” (Springer, 2022). He was the Guest Editor of five Special Issues of “Fiber and Integrated Optics” (Taylor & Francis): “Fiber Optics in Portugal” (2005), “Nonlinear Fiber Optics” (2015), “Optical Fiber Sources and Amplifiers” (2020) and “Quantum Communications” (2020), a joint Special Issue of “Optics Express” and “Applied Optics” (OSA) on “Optical Sensors and Sensing 2019”, and two Special Issues of “Fibers” (MDPI) on “Optical Fiber Communications” and “Specialty Optical Fibers – Material, Fabrication and Applications” (2022), and and a Special Issue of “Fibers” (MDPI) on “Optical Fiber Communications” (2020).

He is Member of IEEE, a Senior Member and a Travelling Lecturer of both OPTICA (Optical Society of America) and SPIE - The International Society for Optics and Photonics, He served in various committees of OSA and of SPIE, as well as in the organizing and scientific committees of various international conferences. Actually, he serves also as an Associate Editor or as an Advisor Board Member of several international journals in the area of optics and photonics.

Affiliations and expertise

Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Mukul Chandra Paul

Mukul Chandra Paul received his Ph.D. degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India in 2003. Presently, he is working as chief scientist at fiber optics and photonics division and heading Instrumentation and Information Technology Division (IITD), Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata, India. He is author or co-author of more than 300 peer-reviewed journal papers along with 10 book chapters in the field of specialty optical fibers and holding seven US patents on fabrication of rare-earth doped ﬁbers. He also edited 2 Books on Fiber Laser. He also made major scientific contributions through International collaborative research work with various countries such as Malaysia, China, Taiwan, UK, France, Russia, Vietnam, Portugal etc. His research activities have been awarded with the BOYSCAST Fellowship Award from DST (2003), Ministry of Science ,Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) award by Federal Government Administrative Centre, Malaysia (2010), IEEE Photonic Distinguished Lecture Award by Multimedia University, Malaysia (2011), CSIR Technology Award (2012), DST-UKIERI Collaborative Research Award (2013), CSIR Technology Award for Innovation (2015), Indo-Russian (RFBR) Collaborative Research Grant Award (2016), Indo-Portugal (FCT) Collaborative Research Grant Award (2017), Senior Visiting Scientist award by National Taiwan University of Technology (NTUT), Taiwan(2020) , CK Somany Award for Innovation and Technology (2020) by All India Glass Manufacturers’ Federation (AIGMF), Adjunct Professor at Airlangga University, Indonesia (2021) etc. He is a member of OSA, IEEE and life member of MRSI and Indian Ceramic Society. 4 Ph.D. and 7 M.Sc. research works were directed by him. His current research interests include various novel material composition based specialty optical fiber development for continuous wave and pulsed fiber lasers at ~1.0 and 1.5 microns, high power optical amplifiers, fiber based saturable absorber and Broad-band supercontinuum sources.

Affiliations and expertise

Fibre Optics and Photonics Division, CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata, India

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