Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 48, Issue 11, 1148013(2019)

Characterization and Properties of Large-core Fluorine-doped Fibers Based on Depressed Inner Cladding Design

SHE Sheng-fei1,2、*, LIU Bo1,3, CHANG Chang1,2, XU Yan-tao1, XIAO Xu-sheng1, GAO Song1, ZHANG Yan1, LI Yi-zhao1, HOU Chao-qi1, and GUO Hai-tao1
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    The surface morphology and microstructure of fiber preform taper zones and fibers with different fluorine content and waveguide structure were characterized by stereomicroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. The loss and laser transmission efficiency of large-core fibers with fluorine-doped cladding were analyzed by fiber analysis system and self-made output laser probe. The results show that the fluorine volatilization phenomenon becomes more obvious with the increase of fluorine content. As a result, the surface defects of traditional large-core fibers with fluorine-doped cladding increase, such as cracks and pits. Simultaneously, the fiber loss increases slightly and the laser transmission efficiency decreases. Moreover, the fluorine volatilization and crystallization during the fabrication process of large-core fibers with fluorine-doped cladding are effectively suppressed through subsidence fluorine-doped inner cladding design. Thus, the fiber loss at 1 200 nm is 3.99 dB/km, and the laser transmission efficiency at 2 μm of flat and spherical fibers is 88.9% and 88.4%, respectively. It can be obviously seen that its property is better than that of traditional fibers.

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    SHE Sheng-fei, LIU Bo, CHANG Chang, XU Yan-tao, XIAO Xu-sheng, GAO Song, ZHANG Yan, LI Yi-zhao, HOU Chao-qi, GUO Hai-tao. Characterization and Properties of Large-core Fluorine-doped Fibers Based on Depressed Inner Cladding Design[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2019, 48(11): 1148013

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    Paper Information

    Received: Sep. 2, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 10, 2019

    The Author Email: Sheng-fei SHE (sheshengfei@opt.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20194811.1148013

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