{"title":"Progress in the fabrication of rare earth doped optical fiber by standard and Sol-Gel derived granulated oxides","authors":"D. Etissa, S. Pilz, M. Ryser, V. Romano","doi":"10.12684/ALT.1.103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12684/ALT.1.103","url":null,"abstract":"We produced active optical fibers by the doped granulate silica-method. The granulates were derived from the sol-gel technology. We determined volume percentage and distribution of chemical elements in the fabricated glasses fiber by the analytical technique of Energy-Dispersive X-ray (EDX), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Electron Probe Microanalysis (EPMA) and the degree of crystallization by X-Ray Diffraction analysis (XRD). Furthermore we measured fluctuations of the Refractive Index Profile (RIP) and scattering losses of the fiber core. It was observed from the RIP measurement that the average index difference with respect to the undoped silica was 5.3*10-3, and thus the optical fiber has a numerical aperture of 0.12. XRD measurements and investigations with SEM showed that the manufactured optical fiber has an amorphous structure. The dopant and co-dopant elements in the core region were uniformly distributed. Although we found strong isolated scattering centers in the fabricated fiber, the loss of the fibers was determined to be 0.35- 3dB/m for selected fiber pieces. Here we present our progress of improving the optical quality of fibers produced from granulates. ","PeriodicalId":103215,"journal":{"name":"ALT Proceedings","volume":"113 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132882253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Samokhin, A. P. Bazhulin, N. N. Il'ichev, A. Ivochkin, P. Pivovarov, I. Stuchebrukhov
{"title":"Explosive Boiling of Transparent Liquids on Absorbing Targets Heated by Short Laser Pulses","authors":"A. Samokhin, A. P. Bazhulin, N. N. Il'ichev, A. Ivochkin, P. Pivovarov, I. Stuchebrukhov","doi":"10.12684/ALT.1.95","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12684/ALT.1.95","url":null,"abstract":"Explosive boiling induced by sub-nanosecond laser pulses is theoretically analyzed in the case of transparent liquids on metal targets. In this case the variation of boiling start times due to inhomogeneous distribution of laser intensity through the irradiation spot can be reduced up to laser pulse duration and registered explosive boiling pressure signals become less distorted. The results are compared with experimental investigations of photoacoustic (PA) signals induced in metal target under transparent liquid layer irradiated by laser pulses of about 100 ps duration and wavelength 532 nm.","PeriodicalId":103215,"journal":{"name":"ALT Proceedings","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130242965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Burn, Martin Muralt, R. Witte, B. Frei, S. Nishiwaki, S. Buecheler, V. Romano
{"title":"Selective Ablation in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells – analysis of different process regimes at sub-picosecond to nanosecond pulse duration.","authors":"A. Burn, Martin Muralt, R. Witte, B. Frei, S. Nishiwaki, S. Buecheler, V. Romano","doi":"10.12684/ALT.1.102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12684/ALT.1.102","url":null,"abstract":"Recent achievements in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) thin film technology allow the industrial production ofhighly efficient solar modules. A large growth of the CIGS-based solar cell production volume can beexpected for the coming years thanks to some favorable properties inherent to this absorber type. A majordrawback of CIGS is the inefficient patterning process. Since CIGS is a particularly difficult material forlaser ablation there is still no industrial all-laser scribing solution available. Manufacturers fall back onmechanical needle scribing for the P2 and P3 scribing process and have to accept substantial broadeningof the electrical interconnects due to unpredictable chipping at the scribe borders. In the present study weexplored a large variety of possible processes for the P1-P3 scribing at different wavelengths and indifferent pulse duration regimes. Beside the direct ablation of CIGS with ultrashort pulses we alsoinvestigated more exotic processes like layer side lift-off variants. The resulting scribes were analyzedusing electron microscopy (EM), laser scanning microscopy (LSM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy(EDX) and electrical conductivity measurements. The most promising processes were selected forproducing functional mini-modules. Multiple optimization cycles allowed us to select the processes withthe best performance in the mini-module.","PeriodicalId":103215,"journal":{"name":"ALT Proceedings","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125223046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Infrared broadband source from 1000nm to 1700nm, based on an Erbium, Neodymium and Bismuth doped double-clad fiber","authors":"S. Pilz, D. Etissa, C. Barbosa, V. Romano","doi":"10.12684/ALT.1.73","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12684/ALT.1.73","url":null,"abstract":"A Nd3+, Er3+ and Bi3+ doped double-clad fiber (core diameter of 25.5μm, cladding diameter of 125μm) with a broad infrared emission has been fabricated based on technique of dry granulated oxides and investigated. Upon the excitation with a 800nm cw pump source all of the three dopant materials showed fluorescence in the infrared region of interest (1000-1700nm). The observed emitted fluorescence power was measured to be 659μW. Changing the pump wavelength to 976nm led to a fluorescence of only Er3+ and Bi3+ and a broadening of the Bi3+ emission peak. The maximal measured fluorescence output power was 1.42mW, when pumped at 976nm.","PeriodicalId":103215,"journal":{"name":"ALT Proceedings","volume":"387 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123193955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yu.V. Zavgorodnev, K. Prokhorov, G. Y. Nikolaeva, E. Sagitova, P. Pashinin, A. Kovalchuk, A. N. Klyamkina, P. M. Nedorezova, L. Novokshonova, T. Ushakova, E. Starchak, B. F. Shklyaruk, M. Guseva, P. Donfack, A. Materny
{"title":"Raman structural study of random olefin copolymers","authors":"Yu.V. Zavgorodnev, K. Prokhorov, G. Y. Nikolaeva, E. Sagitova, P. Pashinin, A. Kovalchuk, A. N. Klyamkina, P. M. Nedorezova, L. Novokshonova, T. Ushakova, E. Starchak, B. F. Shklyaruk, M. Guseva, P. Donfack, A. Materny","doi":"10.12684/ALT.1.80","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12684/ALT.1.80","url":null,"abstract":"In this work we present Raman study of random copolymers of ethylene and propylene with a number of α-olefins, and investigation of the relationships between the spectral characteristics of the Raman lines and the copolymer structural properties. For both the copolymers we observed rapid decrease in the crystallinity and conformational order as the content of the incorporated monomer increases.","PeriodicalId":103215,"journal":{"name":"ALT Proceedings","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123037476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Vladimirova, V. Klimov, V. Pastukhov, V. Zadkov
{"title":"The resonance fluorescence spectra of N two-level quantum systems located around the spherical nanoantenna","authors":"Y. Vladimirova, V. Klimov, V. Pastukhov, V. Zadkov","doi":"10.12684/ALT.1.85","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12684/ALT.1.85","url":null,"abstract":"Modification of the resonance fluorescence spec-trum of a two-level atom driving by a lasermonochromatic field in the close proximity of aplasmonic nanostructure (metal sphere) is studiedin detail. It is shown that one can control thisspectrum varying four key parameters: distancebetween the atom and the nanosphere, atom’s lo-cation around the nanosphere, the radius of thenanosphere, and polarization of the incident ra-diation. These parameters affect the local fieldenchancement, transition frequency shift and themodification of the radiative decay rate of the atominteracting with the nanosphere, which lead tomodification of the resonance fluorescence spec-trum of the atom (frequency shift of the satellitelines in the Mollow-type triplet, widths of the lines,the spectrum intensity) by contrast with that onein free space. The permittivity of the metal thenanosphere is made of is also an additional param-eter, which defines the nonradiative decay. The lat-ter in combination with other parameters allows tocontinuously control the transition from resonancefluorescence enhancement to its quenching. Thecalculation results are generalized to the case ofN two-level atoms, distributed around the nanopar-ticle in the close proximity of its surface. Thecalculations were performed for different positionsof the detector relative to the system nanoparticle-atom(s).","PeriodicalId":103215,"journal":{"name":"ALT Proceedings","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115365977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Dauliat, D. Gaponov, R. Jamier, K. Schuster, S. Grimm, S. Valette, A. Benoît, F. Salin, P. Roy
{"title":"Powder technology and innovative fiber design enabling a new generation of high-power single-mode-fiber laser sources","authors":"R. Dauliat, D. Gaponov, R. Jamier, K. Schuster, S. Grimm, S. Valette, A. Benoît, F. Salin, P. Roy","doi":"10.12684/ALT.1.72","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12684/ALT.1.72","url":null,"abstract":"By simultaneously providing ultra large mode effective area (ULMA) and close to diffraction limited laser beams, Yb-doped double-clad photonic crystal fibers have become key components for power scaling in fiber laser systems. Despite their advantages, such fibers suffer from some drawbacks among which tremendous fabrication complexity and arising costs, high bending losses and poor integrability. In this paper, we show how the REPUSIL technique, which is an alternate synthesis method to produce high-quality doped-silica, enables the design of a new generation of ULMA rare-earth-doped fibers. Some examples of innovative fiber designs will be shown and commented together with a first experimental demonstration of all-solid Yb-doped double-cladding fiber fabrication. The thermal effects, which play a major role at high power laser level and drastically compromise the single-mode regime, are also investigated. The very first experimental results for the fiber and laser characterization are given.","PeriodicalId":103215,"journal":{"name":"ALT Proceedings","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131211701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Self-Q-switched Cr,Nd:ReVO4 (Re=Gd, Y) crystal lasers","authors":"H. Yu, H. Zhang","doi":"10.12684/ALT.1.69","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12684/ALT.1.69","url":null,"abstract":"Self-Q-switched Cr,Nd:ReVO4 (Re=Gd, Y) crystallasers are demonstrated. The spectroscopic and self-Q-switched laser properties of Cr,Nd:ReVO4 arestudied. Polarized absorption spectra weremeasured at room temperature, which showed thatthe absorption bands display polarization characterand an absorption band of Cr5+ ions at 1110 nmenables the crystals to be self-Q-switched lasermaterials. The maximum pulse energy are achievedto be 1.12 μJ with Re=Gd , and the shortest pulsewidth is 85.8 ns with Re=Y. The results show thatCr,Nd:ReVO4 crystals are new potential self-Qswitchedlaser materials.","PeriodicalId":103215,"journal":{"name":"ALT Proceedings","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126935472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multi-stage ytterbium fiber-amplifier seeded by a gain-switched laser diode","authors":"M. Ryser, S. Pilz, A. Burn, V. Romano","doi":"10.12684/alt.1.101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12684/alt.1.101","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrated all-fiber amplification of 11 ps pulses from a gain-switched laser diode at 1064 nm. The diode was driven at a repetition rate of 40 MHz and delivered 13 µW of fiber-coupled average output power. For the low output pulse energy of 325 fJ we have designed a multi-stage core pumped pre-amplifier in order to keep the contribution of undesired amplified spontaneous emission as low as possible. By using a novel time-domain approach for determining the power spectral density ratio (PSD) of signal to noise, we identified the optimal working point for our pre-amplifier. After the pre-amplifier we reduced the 40 MHz repetition rate to 1 MHz using a fiber coupled pulse-picker. The final amplification was done with a cladding pumped Yb-doped large mode area fiber and a subsequent Yb-doped rod-type fiber. With our setup we reached a total gain of 73 dB, resulting in pulse energies of >5.6 µJ and peak powers of >0.5 MW. The average PSD-ratio of signal to noise we determined to be 18/1 at the output of the final amplification stage.","PeriodicalId":103215,"journal":{"name":"ALT Proceedings","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125607495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Dunaeva, L. Ivleva, P. Lykov, P. Zverev, V. Osiko
{"title":"Growth peculiarities and non-linear properties of profiled doped strontium-barium niobate crystals","authors":"E. Dunaeva, L. Ivleva, P. Lykov, P. Zverev, V. Osiko","doi":"10.12684/ALT.1.68","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12684/ALT.1.68","url":null,"abstract":"The nominally pure and doped with Ce, Cr, Co strontium-barium niobate crystals of SBN:61 were grown by modified Stepanov technique. The specific features of the technique were studied and growth conditions for obtaining the high homogeneous SBN crystals in bulk-profiled configuration were optimized. The photorefractive and non-linear properties of SBN pure and doped with Ce, Cr and Co were investigated. It was shown that SBN:Ce crystal is an excellent medium for high efficiency holographic information recording. SBN:Cr and SBN:Co crystals are promising photorefractive materials with short response time. The as-grown SBN crystals were also used to demonstrate the diffuse noncollinear second harmonic generation emitted by a random domain SBN structure and Stimulated Raman Scattering and two-photon absorption associated with cubic nonlinear susceptibility of the materials.","PeriodicalId":103215,"journal":{"name":"ALT Proceedings","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121568953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}