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• 2018

  A brief review of specialty optical fibers for Brillouin-Scattering-based distributed sensors

  Dragic, P. & Ballato, J., Oct 20 2018, In: Applied Sciences (Switzerland). 8, 10, 1996.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Brillouin scattering
  • Optical fibers
  • optical fibers
  • Fibers
  • sensors
• 2016

  Tailoring optical fibers with application-specific physical properties for sensing systems

  Dragic, P. D., Ryan, C., Kucera, C. J., Cavillon, M., Tuggle, M., Jones, M., Hawkins, T. W., Stolen, R. & Ballato, J., Jul 11 2016, Specialty Optical Fibers, SOF 2016. OSA - The Optical Society, (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Optical fibers
  • Physical properties
  • Fibers

• Brillouin Properties of a Novel Strontium Aluminosilicate Glass Optical Fiber

  Cavillon, M., Furtick, J., Kucera, C. J., Ryan, C., Tuggle, M., Jones, M., Hawkins, T. W., Dragic, P. D. & Ballato, J., Mar 15 2016, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 34, 6, p. 1435-1441 7 p., 7355275.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • strontium
  • glass fibers
  • optical fibers
  • coefficients
  • optics

• Materials approaches to mitigating parasitic effects in optical networks: Towards the perfect optical fiber

  Ballato, J. & Dragic, P., Aug 23 2016, 2016 18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2016. IEEE Computer Society, 7550711. (International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks; vol. 2016-August).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Optical fibers
  • Fiber optic networks
  • Fibers
  • Stimulated Raman scattering
  • Stimulated Brillouin scattering
• 2019

  Insights and Aspects to the Modeling of the Molten Core Method for Optical Fiber Fabrication

  Cavillon, M., Dragic, P. D., Faugas, B., Hawkins, T. W. & Ballato, J., Sep 7 2019, In: Materials. 12, 18, 2898.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Optical fiber fabrication
  • Molten materials
  • Silicon Dioxide
  • Fibers
  • Silica
• 2018

  A unified materials approach to mitigating optical nonlinearities in optical fiber. II. A. Material additivity models and basic glass properties

  Dragic, P. D., Cavillon, M., Ballato, A. & Ballato, J., Apr 2018, In: International Journal of Applied Glass Science. 9, 2, p. 278-287 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Optical fibers
  • Glass
  • High energy lasers
  • Silicates
  • Acoustic properties
• 2016

  Athermal distributed Brillouin sensors utilizing all-glass optical fibers fabricated from rare earth garnets: LuAG

  Dragic, P. D., Pamato, M. G., Iordache, V., Bass, J. D., Kucera, C. J., Jones, M., Hawkins, T. W. & Ballato, J., Jan 1 2016, In: New Journal of Physics. 18, 1, 015004.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • garnets
  • glass fibers
  • rare earth elements
  • optical fibers
  • sensors
• 2020

  All optical fiber thermal vacuum gauge

  Mironov, A. E., Yu, N., Park, S., Tuggle, M., Gragg, J., Kucera, C., Hawkins, T., Ballato, J., Eden, J. G. & Dragic, P., Jan 10 2020, In: JPhys Photonics. 2, 1, 014006.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Vacuum gages
  • vacuum gages
  • Optical fibers
  • optical fibers
  • Fibers
• 2018

  A unified materials approach to mitigating optical nonlinearities in fiber lasers

  Ballato, J., Cavillon, M., Dragic, P., Kucera, C. & Hawkins, T., Jan 1 2018, Fiber Lasers and Glass Photonics: Materials through Applications. Taccheo, S., Mackenzie, J. I. & Ferrari, M. (eds.). SPIE, 1068302. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 10683).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Fiber Laser
  • Optical Fiber
  • Fiber lasers
  • Rayleigh scattering
  • Optical fibers

• A unified materials approach to mitigating optical nonlinearities in optical fiber. II. B. The optical fiber, material additivity and the nonlinear coefficients

  Dragic, P. D., Cavillon, M., Ballato, A. & Ballato, J., Jul 2018, In: International Journal of Applied Glass Science. 9, 3, p. 307-318 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Optical fibers
  • Glass
  • Thermal expansion

• Oxyfluoride Core Silica-Based Optical Fiber with Intrinsically Low Nonlinearities for High Energy Laser Applications

  Cavillon, M., Kucera, C. J., Hawkins, T. W., Runge, A. F. J., Peacock, A. C., Dragic, P. D. & Ballato, J., Jan 15 2018, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 36, 2, p. 284-291 8 p., 7993000.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • oxyfluorides
  • laser applications
  • silicon dioxide
  • nonlinearity
  • optical fibers
• 2019

  Observation and practical implications of nano-scale phase separation in aluminosilicate glass optical fibers

  Cavillon, M., Dragic, P., Greenberg, B., Garofalini, S. H. & Ballato, J., Mar 2019, In: Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 102, 3, p. 879-883 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • aluminosilicate
  • Aluminosilicates
  • fiberglass
  • Phase separation
  • Optical fibers

• The materials science and engineering of optical nonlinearities and their mitigation in high power lasers

  Ballato, J., Hawkins, T. W., Cavillon, M. & Dragic, P. D., Jan 1 2019, High Power Lasers: Technology and Systems, Platforms, Effects III. Ackermann, H., Bohn, W. L. & Titterton, D. H. (eds.). SPIE, 111620G. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 11162).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • High Power Laser
  • High power lasers
  • Materials Science
  • Materials science
  • materials science
• 2018

  Materials for optical fiber lasers: A review

  Dragic, P. D., Cavillon, M. & Ballato, J., Dec 1 2018, In: Applied Physics Reviews. 5, 4, 041301.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • fiber lasers
  • optical fibers
  • symbiosis
  • engineering
  • waveguides
• 2020

  Laser cooling in a silica optical fiber at atmospheric pressure

  Knall, J., Vigneron, P. B., Engholm, M., Dragic, P. D., Yu, N., Ballato, J., Bernier, M. & Digonnet, M. J. F., Mar 1 2020, In: Optics Letters. 45, 5, p. 1092-1095 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • laser cooling
  • atmospheric pressure
  • silicon dioxide
  • optical fibers
  • pumps
• 2016

  Lithium aluminosilicate optical fiber for brillouin-based distributed sensing

  Dragic, P. D., Ryan, C., Kucera, C. J., Cavillon, M., Tuggle, M., Jones, M., Hawkins, T. W., Yablon, A. D., Stolen, R. & Ballato, J., 2016, Optical Sensors, Sensors 2016. OSA - The Optical Society, (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Brillouin scattering
  • aluminosilicate
  • Aluminosilicates
  • Silicon Dioxide
  • Lithium
• 2018

  Low quantum defect fiber lasers via Yb-doped multicomponent fluorosilicate optical fiber

  Yu, N., Cavillon, M., Kucera, C., Hawkins, T., Ballato, J. & Dragic, P., Jan 1 2018, CLEO: Science and Innovations, CLEO_SI 2018. OSA - The Optical Society, (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers; vol. Part F94-CLEO_SI 2018).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Fiber lasers
  • Optical fibers
  • Defects
• 2019

  Experimental investigations of spectroscopy and anti-Stokes fluorescence cooling in Yb-doped silicate fibers

  Knall, J. M., Arora, A., Dragic, P. D., Ballato, J., Cavillon, M., Hawkins, T., Jiang, S., Luo, T., Bernier, M. & Digonnet, M., 2019, Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications. Seletskiy, D. V., Sheik-Bahae, M. & Epstein, R. I. (eds.). SPIE, 109360G. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 10936).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Silicates
  • Fluorescence
  • Experimental Investigation
  • Spectroscopy
  • Cooling
• 2018

  Less than 1% quantum defect fiber lasers via ytterbium-doped multicomponent fluorosilicate optical fiber

  Yu, N., Cavillon, M., Kucera, C., Hawkins, T. W., Ballato, J. & Dragic, P., Jul 1 2018, In: Optics Letters. 43, 13, p. 3096-3099 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • fluorosilicates
  • ytterbium
  • fiber lasers
  • optical fibers
  • defects
• 2019

  Novel reactive molten core fabrication employing in-situ metal oxidation: Erbium-doped intrinsically low Brillouin scattering optical fiber

  Tuggle, M., Kucera, C., Hawkins, T., Cavillon, M., Pan, G., Yu, N., Dragic, P. & Ballato, J., Jan 2019, In: Optical Materials: X. 1, 100009.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Brillouin scattering
  • Erbium
  • Yttrium aluminum garnet
  • Aluminum
  • Optical fibers
• 2018

  Low Quantum Defect Fiber Lasers via Yb-Doped Multicomponent Fluorosilicate Optical Fiber

  Yu, N., Cavillon, M., Kucera, C., Hawkins, T., Ballato, J. & Dragic, P., Aug 6 2018, 2018 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2018 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 8427947. (2018 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2018 - Proceedings).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • fluorosilicates
  • Fiber lasers
  • Optical fibers
  • fiber lasers
  • optical fibers

• Tailoring the thermo-optic coefficient in silica optical fibers

  Dragic, P., Cavillon, M., Kucera, C., Parsons, J., Hawkins, T. & Ballato, J., Jan 1 2018, Optical Fiber Sensors, OFS 2018. OSA - The Optical Society, (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers; vol. Part F124-OFS 2018).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • boron oxide
  • phosphorus pentoxide
  • Phosphorus
  • Silicon Dioxide
  • Optical fibers

• Fabrication of intrinsically low nonlinearity glass optical fibers

  Cavillon, M., Dragic, P. & Ballato, J., May 2018, American Ceramic Society Bulletin, 97, 4, p. 34-35 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Guiding light - How new materials are shaping the future of advanced optical fiber and laser systems

  Ballato, J., Cavillon, M. & Dragic, P., May 2018, American Ceramic Society Bulletin, 97, 4, p. 22-27 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Ytterbium-doped multicomponent fluorosilicate optical fibers with intrinsically low optical nonlinearities

  Cavillon, M., Kucera, C., Hawkins, T. W., Yu, N., Dragic, P. & Ballato, J., Apr 1 2018, In: Optical Materials Express. 8, 4, p. 744-760 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ytterbium
  • Optical fibers
  • Optics
  • aluminosilicate
  • Optical fiber coupling

• Low nonlinearity fibers

  Dragic, P., Cavillon, M., Kucera, C., Yu, N., Hawkins, T. & Ballato, J., Jan 1 2018, Specialty Optical Fibers, SOF 2018. OSA - The Optical Society, (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers; vol. Part F111-SOF 2018).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Optical fibers
  • Glass
  • Fibers
  • Chemical analysis
• 2019

  Athermal optical fibers for sensing applications

  Dragic, P., Cavillon, M., Kucera, C., Parsons, J., Hawkins, T. & Ballato, J., 2019, Optical Sensors, Sensors 2019. OSA - The Optical Society, (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers; vol. Part F166-Sensors 2019).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Optical fibers
  • Temperature
  • Fibers

• A materials approach toward the mitigation of nonlinearities in glass optical fibers

  Cavillon, M., Dragic, P. D., Yu, N. & Ballato, J., Jul 2019, 21st International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2019. IEEE Computer Society, 8840372. (International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks; vol. 2019-July).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • fiberglass
  • Optical fibers
  • Glass fibers
  • Fibers
  • Silicon Dioxide
• 2018

  The linear and nonlinear refractive index of amorphous Al₂O₃ deduced from aluminosilicate optical fibers

  Dragic, P., Cavillon, M. & Ballato, J., Jul 2018, In: International Journal of Applied Glass Science. 9, 3, p. 421-427 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • aluminosilicate
  • Aluminosilicates
  • Refractive index
  • Optical fibers
  • Alumina
• 2016

  On the Anomalously Strong Dependence of the Acoustic Velocity of Alumina on Temperature in Aluminosilicate Glass Optical Fibers-Part I: Material Modeling and Experimental Validation

  Dragic, P. D., Martin, S. W., Ballato, A. & Ballato, J., Mar 1 2016, In: International Journal of Applied Glass Science. 7, 1, p. 3-10 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • aluminosilicate
  • Aluminosilicates
  • Acoustic wave velocity
  • fiberglass
  • Optical fibers

• On the Anomalously Strong Dependence of the Acoustic Velocity of Alumina on Temperature in Aluminosilicate Glass Optical Fibers-Part II: Acoustic Properties of Alumina and Silica Polymorphs, and Approximations of the Glassy State

  Ballato, A., Dragic, P. D., Martin, S. W. & Ballato, J., Mar 1 2016, In: International Journal of Applied Glass Science. 7, 1, p. 11-26 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • aluminosilicate
  • Acoustic properties
  • Aluminosilicates
  • Acoustic wave velocity
  • fiberglass
• 2020

  Experimental observation of cooling in Yb-doped silica fibers

  Knall, J. M., Vigneron, P. B., Engholm, M., Dragic, P. D., Yu, N., Ballato, J., Bernier, M. & Digonnet, M., 2020, Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications II. Seletskiy, D. V., Epstein, R. I. & Sheik-Bahae, M. (eds.). SPIE, 112980F. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 11298).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Silica
  • Cooling
  • Silicon Dioxide
  • Fiber
  • silicon dioxide
• 2016

  Glass: The Carrier of Light - A Brief History of Optical Fiber

  Ballato, J. & Dragic, P., Dec 1 2016, In: International Journal of Applied Glass Science. 7, 4, p. 413-422 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • History
  • Optical fibers
  • fiberglass
  • Glass fibers
  • Fused silica
• 2020

  Experimental comparison of silica fibers for laser cooling

  Knall, J., Engholm, M., Ballato, J., Dragic, P. D., Yu, N. & Digonnet, M. J. F., Jul 15 2020, In: Optics Letters. 45, 14, p. 4020-4023 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • laser cooling
  • silicon dioxide
  • fibers
  • contamination
  • quenching
• 2019

  AlPO₄ in Silica Glass Optical Fibers: Deduction of Additional Material Properties

  Yu, N., Hawkins, T. W., Bui, T. V., Cavillon, M., Ballato, J. & Dragic, P. D., Oct 2019, In: IEEE Photonics Journal. 11, 5, 8839058.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Fused silica
  • deduction
  • silica glass
  • glass fibers
  • Optical fibers
• 2018

  A unified materials approach to mitigating optical nonlinearities in optical fiber. I. Thermodynamics of optical scattering

  Ballato, J., Cavillon, M. & Dragic, P., Apr 2018, In: International Journal of Applied Glass Science. 9, 2, p. 263-277 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Optical fibers
  • Scattering
  • Thermodynamics
  • Glass
  • Fibers

• A unified materials approach to mitigating optical nonlinearities in optical fiber. III. Canonical examples and materials road map

  Cavillon, M., Kucera, C., Hawkins, T., Dawson, J., Dragic, P. D. & Ballato, J., Oct 2018, In: International Journal of Applied Glass Science. 9, 4, p. 447-470 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Optical fibers
  • Rayleigh scattering
  • High energy lasers
  • Fiber lasers
  • Silicon Dioxide
• 2019

  Design Solutions for Increased Thresholds of Non-Linear Processes in Silica Fiber

  Baker, C. C., Dragic, P. D., Burdett, A., Yu, N., Vargas, A. L., Friebele, E. J., Rhonehouse, D. L. & Sanghera, J., Sep 23 2019, Advanced Solid State Lasers - Proceedings Laser Congress 2019 (ASSL, LAC, LS and C). Optical Society of America (OSA), JW2A.9. (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers; vol. Part F139-ASSL 2019).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Silicon Dioxide
  • Silica
  • Erbium
  • Fibers
  • Nanoparticles

• Calcium silicate and fluorosilicate optical fibers for high energy laser applications

  Cavillon, M., Dragic, P., Kucera, C., Hawkins, T. W. & Ballato, J., May 1 2019, In: Optical Materials Express. 9, 5, 357251.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • High energy lasers
  • Laser applications
  • calcium silicate
  • Calcium silicate
  • Optical fibers

• Investigation of the structural environment and chemical bonding of fluorine in Yb-doped fluorosilicate glass optical fibres

  Cavillon, M., Faugas, B., Zhao, J., Kucera, C., Kukuoz, B., Dragic, P., Qiao, X., Du, J. & Ballato, J., Jan 2019, In: Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics. 128, p. 119-126 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • fluorosilicates
  • Fluorine
  • fiberglass
  • Rare earths
  • glass fibers

• Overview of high temperature fibre Bragg gratings and potential improvement using highly doped aluminosilicate glass optical fibres

  Cavillon, M., Lancry, M., Poumellec, B., Wang, Y., Canning, J., Cook, K., Hawkins, T., Dragic, P. & Ballato, J., Aug 23 2019, In: JPhys Photonics. 1, 4, 042001.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • aluminosilicate
  • Yttrium
  • Aluminosilicates
  • fiberglass
  • Fiber Bragg gratings
• 2020

  Random lasing from optical fibers with phase separated glass cores

  Jagannathan, S., Ackerman, L., Chen, W., Yu, N., Cavillon, M., Tuggle, M., Hawkins, T. W., Ballato, J. & Dragic, P. D., Jul 20 2020, In: Optics Express. 28, 15, p. 22049-22063 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • lasing
  • fiber lasers
  • optical fibers
  • thresholds
  • glass