Tellurite and fluorotellurite glasses for fiberoptic Raman amplifiers: glass characterization, optical properties, Raman gain, preliminary fiberization, and fiber characterization

M. D. O'Donnell (1) , Kathleen Richardson (1) , R. Stolen (1) , A. B. Seddon (2) , D. Furniss (2) , V. K. Tikhomirov (2) , Clara Rivero (3) , M. Ramme (3) , Robert Stegeman (3) , George Stegeman (3) , Michel Couzi (4) , Thierry Cardinal (5)

1 Advanced Materials Research Laboratory, School of Material Science and Engineering
2 Novel Photonic Glasses Research Group, Wolfson Center for Materials Research, School of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Materials Engineering
3 CREOL - The College of Optics and Photonics [Orlando]
4 LPCM - Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Moléculaire
5 ICMCB - Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux

In this study we report the physical properties and spontaneous Raman scattering spectra of nine oxide tellurite and fluorotellurite glasses from three glass systems—sodium–zinc–tellurite (TZN), tungsten–tellurite, and fluorotellurite...

Mots clés: Tellurite; Raman amplifiers; Fibreoptic; Glasses; Fluorotellurite

Domaines: Matériaux

M. D. O'Donnell, Kathleen Richardson, R. Stolen, A. B. Seddon, D. Furniss, et al.. Tellurite and fluorotellurite glasses for fiberoptic Raman amplifiers: glass characterization, optical properties, Raman gain, preliminary fiberization, and fiber characterization. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2007, 90 (5), pp.1448-1457. ⟨10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.01574.x⟩. ⟨hal-00145865⟩