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Last name: FRANCOIS-SAINT-CYR
First name: Hugues
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International audience
International audience
International audience
International audience
International audience
Since the ground-breaking discovery done in the 1960s by Charles K. Kao, the perfect glass, i.e. the most transparent glass, drives the development of optical fibers. Meanwhile, to overcome some limitations imposed by the silica glass, one recent strategy consists of embedding nanoparticles in the core of the optical fiber, leading to light...
Since the 1970s, the development of optical fibers has been relying on the quest for the perfect silica glass, i.e. the most transparent one. Meanwhile, silica glass introduces limitations (high phonon energy, low rare-earth ions solubility, etc.) which could be detrimental for new applications. To overcome those drawbacks, a recent strategy...