Correlative Compositional Analysis of Fiber-Optic Nanoparticles

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Development of new active optical fiber devices requires materials with augmented intrinsic properties, using luminescent ion–doped silica as a host glass. Nanoparticles (NPs) in optical fibers can provide this augmentation as they can combine the sturdiness and low cost of silica with particular spectroscopic behavior that would not appear in a pure silica local environment. Ideally, NPs would fully encapsulate luminescent ions to produce engineered spectroscopic properties. This technology would be of great interest for a large domain of applications: high power fiber lasers, random lasers, light sources with new wavelengths and telecommunications.

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