Nano-Engineered Yb2O3 Doped Optical Fiber: Fabrication, Material Characterizations, Spectroscopic Properties and Lasing Characteristics: A Review

作者：Paul M C^*; Bysakh S; Das S; Pal M; Bhadra S K; Yoo S; Boyland A J; Sahu J K

来源：Science of Advanced Materials, 2012, 4(2): 292-321.

DOI：10.1166/sam.2012.1284

• Fiber Optics
• Solution Doping Technique
• Porous Soot Layer
• Annealing
• Nano-Crystalline Materials
• High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy
• Rare-Earth Ions
• Nano-Particles
• Fiber Laser

This review summarizes the very recent work on development of Yb2O3 doped nano-crystalline YAG in a silica based preforms made by modified chemical vapour deposition (MCVD)-solution doping technique and under suitable thermal annealing of the preforms for next generation of optical fiber devices. There is a great need to engineer the composition as well as doping levels of different elements within the core glass during the preform making stages to generate phase-separated Yb2O3 doped yttria-alumino rich silica nano particles, with or without crystalline in nature, in the fibre. The discussion concentrates on making of Yb2O3 doped yttria-alumino rich YAG nano-crystals containing silica glass based perform, drawing of fibers containing phase-separated dielectric nano-particles along with material characterizations, study of spectroscopic properties, photo-darkening phenomena and lasing characteristics. Also, approaches that may be applied for the formation of yttria alumina rich phase-separated crystalline nano-particles and dielectric nano-particles within the preform and fiber core region respectively are discussed in this review.

• 出版日期2012-2