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Bi-doped fiber amplifiers and lasers [Invited]

Bi-doped fiber amplifiers and lasers [Invited]
Bi-doped fiber amplifiers and lasers [Invited]

Bismuth (Bi) doped fibers have shown promising potential for lasers and amplifiers in the 1150-1500 nm and 1600-1800nm wavelength region. Bi-doped aluminosilicate, phosphosilicate and germanosilicate fibers provide luminescence around 1150 nm, 1300 nm and 1450 nm, respectively. Recent results have demonstrated the possibility to extend the Bi luminescence window beyond 1600 nm using Bi-doped high (≥ 50 mol %) germanosilicate fibers. These spectral regions can serve a wide range of applications in medicine, astronomy, defense and to extend the optical fiber communication. However, Bi-doped fiber lasers and amplifiers are still far from their optimum performance owing to the unclear nature of the near-infrared emitting Bi active centers. In this paper, we review the current state of the art of Bi-doped silica fiber lasers (CW and pulsed) and amplifiers in different wavelength bands. Also, we present our work on the development of Bi-doped aluminosilicate and phosphosilicate fiber lasers and amplifiers in the 1180 nm and 1330 nm bands. These lasers and amplifiers find applications in generating visible light sources and to access the second telecommunication window. The fibers used here were fabricated by modified chemical vapor deposition-solution doping technique and characterized for their unsaturable loss. Moreover, we present the influence of pump wavelengths on the gain, noise figure and laser efficiency of these Bi-doped fiber amplifiers and lasers. We also discuss Bi-doped fibers for pulsed laser application and demonstrate a mode-locked Bi-doped fiber laser operating at 1340 nm.

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Thipparapu, N. K.
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Wang, Y.
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Wang, S.
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Umnikov, A. A.
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Barua, P.
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Thipparapu, N. K., Wang, Y., Wang, S., Umnikov, A. A., Barua, P. and Sahu, J. K. (2019) Bi-doped fiber amplifiers and lasers [Invited]. Optical Materials Express, 9 (6), 2446-2465. (doi:10.1364/OME.9.002446).

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Abstract

Bismuth (Bi) doped fibers have shown promising potential for lasers and amplifiers in the 1150-1500 nm and 1600-1800nm wavelength region. Bi-doped aluminosilicate, phosphosilicate and germanosilicate fibers provide luminescence around 1150 nm, 1300 nm and 1450 nm, respectively. Recent results have demonstrated the possibility to extend the Bi luminescence window beyond 1600 nm using Bi-doped high (≥ 50 mol %) germanosilicate fibers. These spectral regions can serve a wide range of applications in medicine, astronomy, defense and to extend the optical fiber communication. However, Bi-doped fiber lasers and amplifiers are still far from their optimum performance owing to the unclear nature of the near-infrared emitting Bi active centers. In this paper, we review the current state of the art of Bi-doped silica fiber lasers (CW and pulsed) and amplifiers in different wavelength bands. Also, we present our work on the development of Bi-doped aluminosilicate and phosphosilicate fiber lasers and amplifiers in the 1180 nm and 1330 nm bands. These lasers and amplifiers find applications in generating visible light sources and to access the second telecommunication window. The fibers used here were fabricated by modified chemical vapor deposition-solution doping technique and characterized for their unsaturable loss. Moreover, we present the influence of pump wavelengths on the gain, noise figure and laser efficiency of these Bi-doped fiber amplifiers and lasers. We also discuss Bi-doped fibers for pulsed laser application and demonstrate a mode-locked Bi-doped fiber laser operating at 1340 nm.

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Accepted/In Press date: 4 April 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 2 May 2019
Published date: 1 June 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 432072
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/432072
ISSN: 2159-3930
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ORCID for N. K. Thipparapu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5153-4737
ORCID for S. Wang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1374-1196
ORCID for A. A. Umnikov: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6006-5410
ORCID for J. K. Sahu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3560-6152

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Author: N. K. Thipparapu ORCID iD
Author: Y. Wang
Author: S. Wang ORCID iD
Author: A. A. Umnikov ORCID iD
Author: P. Barua
Author: J. K. Sahu ORCID iD

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