Special optical fibers doped with nanocrystalline holmium-yttrium titanates (HoxY1-x)2Ti2O7 for fiber-lasers

Jan Mrázek; Ivan Kašík; Jan Boháček; Jana Proboštová; Jan Aubrecht; Ondřej Podrazký; Jakub Cajzl; Pavel Honzátko

doi:10.1117/12.2179351

7 May 2015 Special optical fibers doped with nanocrystalline holmium-yttrium titanates (Ho_xY_1-x)₂Ti₂O₇ for fiber-lasers

Jan Mrázek, Ivan Kašík, Jan Boháček, Jana Proboštová, Jan Aubrecht, Ondřej Podrazký, Jakub Cajzl, Pavel Honzátko

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Proceedings Volume 9507, Micro-structured and Specialty Optical Fibres IV; 950703 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2179351
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2015, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

The paper deals with the preparation and characterization of the silica optical fibers doped with nanocrystalline holmium-yttrium titanates (Ho_xY_1-x)₂Ti₂O₇ with optimized luminescence properties. The sol-gel approach was employed to prepare colloidal solution of (Ho_xY_1-x)₂Ti₂O₇ precursors. The concentration of Ho³⁺ ions in the compounds was varied up to x=0.4. Prepared sols were calcined at 1000 °C forming xerogels which were characterized by X-ray diffraction to confirm their structure. The xerogels were analyzed by the mean of steady-state luminescence technique to optimize the concentration of Ho3+ ions in the compound. The most intensive emission at 2050 nm was observed for the compound (Ho₅Y₉₅)₂Ti₂O₇. Sol of the corresponding composition was soaked into the porous silica frit deposed inside the silica substrate tube which was collapsed into preform and drawn into optical fiber. Single mode optical fiber with the core diameter 12 μm and outer diameter 125 μm was prepared. Numerical aperture of prepared fiber was 0.16. The concentration of Ho³⁺ ions in the fiber core was 0.03 at %. Background attenuation of prepared fiber at 850 nm was smaller than 0.5 dB⋅m^-1.

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Jan Mrázek, Ivan Kašík, Jan Boháček, Jana Proboštová, Jan Aubrecht, Ondřej Podrazký, Jakub Cajzl, and Pavel Honzátko "Special optical fibers doped with nanocrystalline holmium-yttrium titanates (Ho_xY_1-x)₂Ti₂O₇ for fiber-lasers", Proc. SPIE 9507, Micro-structured and Specialty Optical Fibres IV, 950703 (7 May 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2179351

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