title: PbS:glass as broad-bandwidth near-infrared light source material.
abstract: Silicate- and borosilicate-based PbS:glass material and borosilicate-glass-based fibers are fabricated and analyzed. Optical properties including absorption and emission are characterized and related to growth and annealing conditions. In silicate glasses PbS volume fractions of exceeding 0.4 percent and almost octave-spanning emission spectra with a halfwidth of 940 nm are achieved. Fiber bundles with a core being surrounded by three PbS:Glass fibers are pulled. A confinement factor of Γ = 0.00406 is determined. Emission properties, in particular emission bandwidth, are subsequently tuned and spectrally widened by annealing fibers in a gradient furnace. The results pave the way towards optically pumped broad-bandwidth light emitters based either on 'bulk' PbS:glass or PbS:glass-based fibers.
authors: Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Str. 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany. yue@mbi-berlin.de
authors: Fangyu
authors: F
authors: Yue
authors: Jens W
authors: JW
authors: Tomm
authors: Detlef
authors: D
authors: Kruschke
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Glas
authors: Kazbek A
authors: KA
authors: Bzheumikhov
authors: Zaur Ch
authors: ZCh
authors: Margushev
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D005898:Glass / Q000737:chemistry*; D007259:Infrared Rays; D007854:Lead / Q000737:chemistry*; D008422:Materials Testing; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D018036:Selenium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D018036:Selenium Compounds; C088065:lead selenide; D007854:Lead