Halo-tellurite glass fiber with low OH content for 2-5µm mid-infrared nonlinear applications

Xian Feng; Jindan Shi; Martha Segura; Nicolas M White; Pradeesh Kannan; Wei H Loh; Laurent Calvez; Xianghua Zhang; Laurent Brilland

doi:10.1364/OE.21.018949

Halo-tellurite glass fiber with low OH content for 2-5µm mid-infrared nonlinear applications

Opt Express. 2013 Aug 12;21(16):18949-54. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.018949.

Authors

Xian Feng¹, Jindan Shi, Martha Segura, Nicolas M White, Pradeesh Kannan, Wei H Loh, Laurent Calvez, Xianghua Zhang, Laurent Brilland

Affiliation

¹ Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK. xif@orc.soton.ac.uk

PMID: 23938808
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.018949

Abstract

We report the fabrication of new dehydrated halo-tellurite glass fibers with low OH content (1ppm in weight) and low OH-induced attenuation of 10dB/m in 3-4 µm region. It shows halo-tellurite glass fibers a promising candidate for nonlinear applications in 2-5µm region.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't