ROBINE , Thibaut

Nanoparticle-doped optical fibers, investigated first as fiber lasers and fiber amplifiers, have gained tremendous interest over the past few years as fiber sensors. One of the main interests of such fibers relies on the ability to develop a distributed sensor, allowing real-time measurement with multiplexed architecture. To go beyond the...

Since its first creation, glass has always fascinated with its optical properties, its ability to let light through without being invisible. One of the most spectacular achievements of optical glass is the optical fiber for which considerable work has been done to make it as transparent as possible. However, for twenty years, contrary to this...

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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...