Abstract During the last decade, the maximum capacity of an optical fiber transmission line more than doubled every year to match the fast-growing communication need. The technology break through in dry fiber fabrication opens the possibility for fiber bandwidth all the way from 1.3

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Thesis (Elec.E)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1982. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING. / Bibliography: leaves 172-176. / by Chon Meng Wong. / Elec.E

Abstract During the last decade, the fast-growing communication need has promoted the development of the wavelength of 1.3 mm~1.6 mm laser light source. The Cr4+ doped YAG solid-state laser has potential to meet this super wideband demand. In addition, solid state laser has the merits of high laser beam quality, long lifetime, compact, and simple structure. In this thesis, crystal fiber was used as the laser gain medium, and coated with optical thin film at its end facets as the laser cavity. Using this configuration, the volume and cost of the laser can be appreciatively reduced, and the heat dissipation can be improved. The laser-heated-pedestal-growth method was used to grow crystal fiber, which can obtain small diameter at very fast rate and accurate control. High quality Cr4+:YAG crystal fiber with the smallest diameter of 50 mm was grown. A glass-packaged technique clothes the crystal fiber with a core diameter as small as 11 mm. Outside the glass clad Cr4+:YAG crystal fiber, Al-Cu alloy was employed as the heat sink to improve heat dissipation. After grinding, polishing, and coating of this device, the Cr4+:YAG crystal fiber laser was fabricated. Some characteristics of Cr4+:YAG crystal fiber, such as the distribution of Cr2O3 and CaO doping concentration, fluorescence intensity, refraction index, propagation loss, and absorption coefficient were measured and analyzed. In the meanwhile, some simulations of the laser output power depending on the absorption coefficient, propagation loss, output coupling, crystal fiber diameter, and crystal boundary temperature were discussed.

During last decade, the fast-growing communication need has promoted the development of 1.3 £gm~1.6 £gm laser light source. The Cr4+ doped YAG solid-state laser has potential to meet this broadband demand. In addition, diode-laser-pumped solid state laser has the merits of high laser beam quality, long lifetime, compact, and simple structure. In this thesis, crystal fiber was used as the laser gain medium, and coated with optical thin film at its end facets as the laser cavity. Using this configuration, the volume and cost of the laser can be appreciatively reduced, and the heat dissipation can be improved. The laser-heated-pedestal-growth method was used to grow crystal fiber, which can obtain small diameter at very fast rate. Outside the glass clad Cr4+:YAG crystal fiber, Al-Cu alloy was employed as the heat sink to improve heat dissipation. After grinding, polishing, and coating of this device, the Cr4+:YAG crystal fiber laser was fabricated. Some characteristics of Cr4+:YAG crystal fiber, such as the distribution of Cr2O3 and CaO doping concentration, fluorescence intensity, refraction index, propagation loss, and absorption coefficient were measured and analyzed. A record-low threshold of 0.75 mW was achieved. It is more than 500 times lower than any previously reported Cr4+:YAG lasers, and a slope efficiency of 6.9% was obtained. The ultralow-threshold lasing is made possible by the low propagation loss of 0.08 dB/cm and the high pump intensity of the core. Such a low-threshold operation makes the double-clad crystal fiber laser be compatible to present optical communication systems. In the meanwhile, some simulations of the laser output power have been developed to predict the experimental results.

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Disertacijoje nagrinėjami modeliai, aprašantys dviejų ir trijų reagentų chemines sintezes aukštose temperatūrose. Darbe pristatomos reagentų koncentracijų dinamiką aprašančios diferencialinių lygčių sistemos, sintezės parametrų skaičiavimo metodai bei parametrų paieškos lygiagretinimo algoritmas. Konkretūs skaičiavimai atlikti ir rezultatai pateikti remiantis realių laboratorinių eksperimentų duomenimis itrio aliuminio granato (du reagentai) bei sintetinio kalcio hydroksiapatito (trys reagentai) sintezių atvejais. / The dissertation deals with models describing two- and three-reactant chemical syntheses at high temperatures. The work presents the differential equation systems describing the dynamics of concentrations of reactants, methods for calculation of synthesis parameters, and a parallelization algorithm for faster search of parameters. Concrete calculations were performed and the results presented on the basis of data from real laboratory experiments of syntheses of yttrium aluminum garnet (two reactants) and synthetic calcium hydroxyapatite (three reactants).

Disertacijoje nagrinėjami modeliai, aprašantys dviejų ir trijų reagentų chemines sintezes aukštose temperatūrose. Darbe pristatomos reagentų koncentracijų dinamiką aprašančios diferencialinių lygčių sistemos, sintezės parametrų skaičiavimo metodai bei parametrų paieškos lygiagretinimo algoritmas. Konkretūs skaičiavimai atlikti ir rezultatai pateikti remiantis realių laboratorinių eksperimentų duomenimis itrio aliuminio granato (du reagentai) bei sintetinio kalcio hydroksiapatito (trys reagentai) sintezių atvejais. / The dissertation deals with models describing two- and three-reactant chemical syntheses at high temperatures. The work presents the differential equation systems describing the dynamics of concentrations of reactants, methods for calculation of synthesis parameters, and a parallelization algorithm for faster search of parameters. Concrete calculations were performed and the results presented on the basis of data from real laboratory experiments of syntheses of yttrium aluminum garnet (two reactants) and synthetic calcium hydroxyapatite (three reactants).

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