Lasers optical fiber applications

Although a considerable number of optical detectors and waveguide structures have been created from Si-based materials5 8 123 124 there is still a paucity of LEDs constructed from Si and, most importantly for many all-Si optoelectronic applications, no lasers. The requirements for an acceptable semiconductor laser for optical fiber applications are rather stringent 5-10 mW of laser facet power at 1.3 pm, maximum laser threshold less than 70 mA, spectral width less than 10 nm, operation over the temperature range -40°C to +85°C, average lifetime of 106 hr, and low cost.123... 

Diffractive Optical Components Lasers, Optical Fiber Optical Fiber Communications Optical Fiber Techniques for Medical Applications Opti-... 

Glass Image-Guided Surgery Laser-Materials Interactions Lasers, Optical Fiber Light Sources Microoptics Optical Fiber Communications Optical Fibers, Fabrication and Applications... 

OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY comprises a range of techniques that use light waves to make extremely accurate measurements. For many years optical interferometry remained a laboratory technique. However, as a result of several recent innovations such as lasers, optical fibers, holography, and the use of digital computers for image processing, optical interferometiy has emerged as a very practical tool with many applications. 

Khoo, I. C., M. V. Wood, B. D. Guenther, Min-Yi Shih, P. H. Chen, Zhaogen Chen, and Xumu Zhang. 1998. Liquid crystal film and nonlinear optical liquid cored fiber array for ps-cw frequency agile laser optical limiting application. Opt Express. 2 471-82. 

Jia W.J., He A.D., Wang Z.L., Chin C.T., Application of laser-induced optical fiber fluorimetry to the analysis of ultralow level of uranium, J. Radioanal Nucl. Ch. 1987 108 33. 

Optical Fiber Splices and Connectors Theory and Methods, Calvin M. Miller with Stephen C. Mettler and Ian A. White Laser Spectroscopy and Its Applications, edited by Leon J. Radziemski, Richard W. Solarz, and Jeffrey A. Paisner Infrared Optoelectronics Devices and Applications,... 

William Nunley and J. Scott Bechtel Integrated Optical Circuits and Components Design and Applications, edited by Lynn D. Hutcheson Flandbook of Molecular Lasers, edited by Peter K. Cheo Flandbook of Optical Fibers and Cables, Hiroshi Murata Acousto-Optics, Adrian Korpel Procedures in Applied Optics, John Strong Flandbook of Solid-State Lasers, edited by Peter K. Cheo Optical Computing Digital and Symbolic, edited by Raymond Arrathoon... 

Optical Fibers. Pure and doped fused silica fibers have replaced copper lines in the telecommunication area. Fused silica fibers are used in laser surgery, optical sensor application, and laser welding (see Sensors). Optical-fiber-tethered weapons such as fiber-optics-guided (FOG) missiles are another potential application for fused silica (249,250) (see Fiber optics). 

Arrayed microlenses are widely used in a variety of applications that involve miniaturized optical components.172 For example, they can be found at the heart of optical communication systems, facsimile machines, laser printers, and many other kinds of digital information storage or processing devices. In all these applications, the arrayed microlenses simply serve as diode laser correctors, fiber-optic couplers or connectors, and optical scanners. In a set of recent publications, Whitesides and coworkers have also demonstrated that arrayed microlenses could be used as a new platform for photolithography, through which submicrometer-sized structures could be conveniently fabricated as patterned arrays by reducing mm to cm scale features on a photomask.157... 

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