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Summarize worldwide progress in the fabrication of chalcogenide-glass optical fibers and highlight their emerging infrared photonic applications.

December 1, 2002Comptes Rendus Chimie

Applications of chalcogenide glass optical fibers

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JSJas SangheraUnited States Naval Research Laboratory LSL. Brandon ShawUnited States Naval Research Laboratory IAIshwar D. AggarwalUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Technical review demonstrates advancements in chalcogenide glass optical fibers for infrared optics, highlighting their expanding utility in chemical sensing and laser delivery.

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Summarize worldwide progress in the fabrication of chalcogenide-glass optical fibers and highlight their emerging infrared photonic applications.
Assessed chemical purification techniques aimed at minimizing optical absorption and scattering losses in sulfide, selenide, telluride, and rare-earth-doped glass compositions.
Evaluated current fiber drawing and purification capabilities against theoretical minimum optical loss limits across diverse mid-infrared use cases.
Chemical purification methods have significantly lowered optical transmission losses in chalcogenide glasses, though further advances in purification and fiberization remain necessary to hit theoretical minimums.
Chalcogenide optical fibers successfully enable diverse functional applications, including laser power transmission, chemical sensing, mid-infrared lasers, near-field spectroscopy, and optical switches.

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Sanghera et al. (2002) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f4b77f44fa9f079dcb74a https://doi.org/10.1016/s1631-0748(02)01450-9

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Technical review demonstrates advancements in chalcogenide glass optical fibers for infrared optics, highlighting their expanding utility in chemical sensing and laser delivery.

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