Nanoparticle-doped radioluminescent silica optical fibers

J. Mrazek; M. Nikl; I. Kasik; O. Podrazky; J. Aubrecht; A. Beitlerova

doi:10.1117/12.2064818

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12 May 2014 Nanoparticle-doped radioluminescent silica optical fibers

J. Mrazek, M. Nikl, I. Kasik, O. Podrazky, J. Aubrecht, A. Beitlerova

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Proceedings Volume 9228, Optical Fibers and Their Applications 2014; 922805 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2064818
Event: 15th Conference on Optical Fibers and Their Applications, 2014, Lipowy Most, Poland

Abstract

This contribution deals with the preparation and characterization of the silica optical fibers doped by nanocrystalline zinc silicate. The sol-gel approach was employed to prepare colloidal solution of zinc silicate precursors. Prepared sol was thermally treated to form nanocrystalline zinc silicate disperzed inside amorphous silica matrix or soaked inside the porous silica frit deposed inside the silica substrate tube which was collapsed into preform and drawn into optical fiber. Single mode optical fiber with the core diameter 15 μm and outer diamer 125 μm was prepared. Optical and waveguiding properties of the fiber were analyzed. Concentration of the zinc silicate in the fiber was 0.93 at. %. Radioluminescence properties of nanocrystalline zinc silicate powder and of the prepared optical fiber were investigated. The nanoparticle doped samples appear a emission maximum at 390 nm.

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J. Mrazek, M. Nikl, I. Kasik, O. Podrazky, J. Aubrecht, and A. Beitlerova "Nanoparticle-doped radioluminescent silica optical fibers", Proc. SPIE 9228, Optical Fibers and Their Applications 2014, 922805 (12 May 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2064818

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