Nanostructured optical fibers in the SiO2/SnO2 system by the sol-gel method

Geoffroy Granger (1) , Christine Restoin (1) , Philippe Roy (1) , Raphaël Jamier (1) , Sébastien Rougier (1) , André Lecomte (2) , Jean-Marc Blondy (1)

1 XLIM-PHOT - Photonique Fibre et Sources Cohérentes
2 SPCTS-AXE3 - Axe 3 : organisation structurale multiéchelle des matériaux

SiO2/SnO2 nanostructured optical fibers are elaborated using two ways based on the chemical sol-gel method: the "inverse-dip coating" and the "powder in tube" processes. The structural and waveguiding properties of the drawn optical fibers are studied according to the concentration of SnO2 nanocrystals. In this way, the study on the 450-1750 nm wavelength range shows that the transmission band expands to the infrared wavelength as the SnO2 concentration increases and the measured attenuation losses are below 1 dB m-1

Mots clés: Nanoparticles; Optical fibers; Sol-gel processing

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Geoffroy Granger, Christine Restoin, Philippe Roy, Raphaël Jamier, Sébastien Rougier, et al.. Nanostructured optical fibers in the SiO2/SnO2 system by the sol-gel method. Materials Letters, 2014, 120, pp.292. ⟨10.1016/j.matlet.2014.01.104⟩. ⟨hal-01025465⟩