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Novel, Organically Doped, Sol–Gel‐Derived Materials for Photonics: Multiphasic Nanostructured Composite Monoliths and Optical Fibers
Author(s) -
Gvishi Raz,
Narang Upvan,
Ruland Gary,
Kumar Deepak N.,
Prasad Paras N.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
applied organometallic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1099-0739
pISSN - 0268-2605
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0739(199702)11:2<107::aid-aoc565>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - photonics , composite number , fabrication , doping , sol gel , optical fiber , nanotechnology , laser , nanocomposite , chemistry , hybrid material , nanoscopic scale , materials science , optoelectronics , composite material , optics , physics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Sol–gel‐processed organic–inorganic hybrid materials combine the merits of inorganic glass and organic molecules, and are therefore a class of materials with good potential for photonics. In this review, two approaches which have shown promising results for producing useful materials for photonics are described: (i) a novel way to fabricate organically doped, multiphasic nanostructured composite monoliths and (ii) a method of fabrication of organically doped, sol–gel‐derived optical fibers. For each approach, the preparation process is presented, together with selected applications such as multidye solid‐state tunable laser, multiphasic optical power limiter, a micron‐scale chemical‐sensing and biosensing fibers and solid‐state dye‐doped fiber lasers. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.