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1. All-fiber frequency agile triple-frequency comb light source

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Eve-Line Bancel, Etienne Genier, Rosa Santagata, Matteo Conforti, Alexandre Kudlinski, Géraud Bouwmans, Olivier Vanvcincq, Damien Labat, Andy Cassez, and Arnaud Mussot

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Science
Abstract

Abstract Tricomb spectroscopy unveils a new dimension to standard linear and nonlinear spectroscopic analysis, offering the possibility to reveal the almost real-time evolution of complex systems with unprecedented accuracy. Current triple comb configurations are based on the use of mode-locked lasers, which impose constraints on the comb parameters, and require complex electronic synchronization, thus limiting potential applications. In this paper, we present the experimental demonstration of a new type of all-fiber, self-phase-locked, frequency-agile tri-comb light source. It is based on the nonlinear spectral broadening of three electro-optic modulator-based frequency combs in a three-core fiber. The exploitation of spatial multiplexing of light in optical fibers offers new possibilities to generate broadband-frequency combs that are highly coherent with each other. After characterizing the stability of the source and performing several dual-comb test measurements, we revealed the high mutual coherence between the three combs through the demonstration of a 2-D pump-probe four-wave mixing spectroscopy experiment.

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2023
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2. Effects of Measurement Temperature on Radioluminescence Processes in Cerium-Activated Silica Glasses for Dosimetry Applications

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Ismail Zghari, Hicham El Hamzaoui, Bruno Capoen, Franck Mady, Mourad Benabdesselam, Géraud Bouwmans, Damien Labat, Youcef Ouerdane, Adriana Morana, Sylvain Girard, Aziz Boukenter, and Mohamed Bouazaoui

Subjects
dosimetry, cerium, silica glass, optical fiber sensors, radioluminescence, modeling, Chemical technology, TP1-1185
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Cerium-doped-silica glasses are widely used as ionizing radiation sensing materials. However, their response needs to be characterized as a function of measurement temperature for application in various environments, such as in vivo dosimetry, space and particle accelerators. In this paper, the temperature effect on the radioluminescence (RL) response of Cerium-doped glassy rods was investigated in the 193–353 K range under different X-ray dose rates. The doped silica rods were prepared using the sol-gel technique and spliced into an optical fiber to guide the RL signal to a detector. Then, the experimental RL levels and kinetics measurements during and after irradiation were compared with their simulation counterparts. This simulation is based on a standard system of coupled non-linear differential equations to describe the processes of electron-hole pairs generation, trapping-detrapping and recombination in order to shed light on the temperature effect on the RL signal dynamics and intensity.

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2023
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3. Properties of Gd-Doped Sol-Gel Silica Glass Radioluminescence under Electron Beams

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Daniel Söderström, Oskari Timonen, Heikki Kettunen, Risto Kronholm, Hicham El Hamzaoui, Bruno Capoen, Youcef Ouerdane, Adriana Morana, Arto Javanainen, Géraud Bouwmans, Mohamed Bouazaoui, and Sylvain Girard

Subjects
dosimetry, electron accelerator, optical fiber, point dosimeter, pulsed electron beam, radiation-induced attenuation, Chemical technology, TP1-1185
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The radiation-induced emission (RIE) of Gd3+-doped sol–gel silica glass has been shown to have suitable properties for use in the dosimetry of beams of ionizing radiation in applications such as radiotherapy. Linear electron accelerators are commonly used as clinical radiotherapy beams, and in this paper, the RIE properties were investigated under electron irradiation. A monochromator setup was used to investigate the light properties in selected narrow wavelength regions, and a spectrometer setup was used to measure the optical emission spectra in various test configurations. The RIE output as a function of depth in acrylic was measured and compared with a reference dosimeter system for various electron energies, since the dose–depth measuring abilities of dosimeters in radiotherapy is of key interest. The intensity of the main radiation-induced luminescence (RIL) of the Gd3+-ions at 314 nm was found to well represent the dose as a function of depth, and was possible to separate from the Cherenkov light that was also induced in the measurement setup. After an initial suppression of the luminescence following the electron bunch, which is ascribed to a transient radiation-induced attenuation from self-trapped excitons (STEX), the 314 nm component was found to have a decay time of approximately 1.3 ms. An additional luminescence was also observed in the region 400 nm to 600 nm originating from the decay of the STEX centers, likely exhibiting an increasing luminescence with a dose history in the tested sample.

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2022
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4. Radioluminescence Response of Ce-, Cu-, and Gd-Doped Silica Glasses for Dosimetry of Pulsed Electron Beams

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Daniel Söderström, Heikki Kettunen, Adriana Morana, Arto Javanainen, Youcef Ouerdane, Hicham El Hamzaoui, Bruno Capoen, Géraud Bouwmans, Mohamed Bouazaoui, and Sylvain Girard

Subjects
dosimetry, electron accelerator, optical fiber, point dosimeter, pulsed electron beam, radiation-induced luminescence, Chemical technology, TP1-1185
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Radiation-induced emission of doped sol-gel silica glass samples was investigated under a pulsed 20-MeV electron beam. The studied samples were drawn rods doped with cerium, copper, or gadolinium ions, which were connected to multimode pure-silica core fibers to transport the induced luminescence from the irradiation area to a signal readout system. The luminescence pulses in the samples induced by the electron bunches were studied as a function of deposited dose per electron bunch. All the investigated samples were found to have a linear response in terms of luminescence as a function of electron bunch sizes between 10−5 Gy/bunch and 1.5×10−2 Gy/bunch. The presented results show that these types of doped silica rods can be used for monitoring a pulsed electron beam, as well as to evaluate the dose deposited by the individual electron bunches. The electron accelerator used in the experiment was a medical type used for radiation therapy treatments, and these silica rod samples show high potential for dosimetry in radiotherapy contexts.

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2021
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5. Investigation of the Incorporation of Cerium Ions in MCVD-Silica Glass Preforms for Remote Optical Fiber Radiation Dosimetry

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Monika Cieslikiewicz-Bouet, Hicham El Hamzaoui, Youcef Ouerdane, Rachid Mahiou, Geneviève Chadeyron, Laurent Bigot, Karen Delplace-Baudelle, Rémi Habert, Stéphane Plus, Andy Cassez, Géraud Bouwmans, Mohamed Bouazaoui, Adriana Morana, Aziz Boukenter, Sylvain Girard, and Bruno Capoen

Subjects
cerium, silica glass preforms, photoluminescence, optical fiber sensors, radioluminescence, X-ray dosimetry, Chemical technology, TP1-1185
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The incorporation of Ce3+ ions in silicate glasses is a crucial issue for luminescence-based sensing applications. In this article, we report on silica glass preforms doped with cerium ions fabricated by modified chemical vapor deposition (MCVD) under different atmospheres in order to favor the Ce3+ oxidation state. Structural analysis and photophysical investigations are performed on the obtained glass rods. The preform fabricated under reducing atmosphere presents the highest photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield (QY). This preform drawn into a 125 µm-optical fiber, with a Ce-doped core diameter of about 40 µm, is characterized to confirm the presence of Ce3+ ions inside this optical fiber core. The fiber is then tested in an all-fibered X-ray dosimeter configuration. We demonstrate that this fiber allows the remote monitoring of the X-ray dose rate (flux) through a radioluminescence (RL) signal generated around 460 nm. The response dependence of RL versus dose rate exhibits a linear behavior over five decades, at least from 330 µGy(SiO2)/s up to 22.6 Gy(SiO2)/s. These results attest the potentialities of the MCVD-made Ce-doped material, obtained under reducing atmosphere, for real-time remote ionizing radiation dosimetry.

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2021
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6. Cu/Ce-co-Doped Silica Glass as Radioluminescent Material for Ionizing Radiation Dosimetry

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Jessica Bahout, Youcef Ouerdane, Hicham El Hamzaoui, Géraud Bouwmans, Mohamed Bouazaoui, Andy Cassez, Karen Baudelle, Rémi Habert, Adriana Morana, Aziz Boukenter, Sylvain Girard, and Bruno Capoen

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Cu+/Ce3+-co-doped silica glass, photoluminescence, ionizing radiation, radioluminescence, dosimetry, Technology, Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering, TK1-9971, Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), TA1-2040, Microscopy, QH201-278.5, Descriptive and experimental mechanics, QC120-168.85
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Optically activated glasses are essential to the development of new radiation detection systems. In this study, a bulk glassy rod co-doped with Cu and Ce ions, was prepared via the sol-gel technique and was drawn at about 2000 °C into a cylindrical capillary rod to evaluate its optical and radioluminescence properties. The sample showed optical absorption and photoluminescence (PL) bands attributed to Cu+ and Ce3+ ions. The presence of these two ions inside the host silica glass matrix was also confirmed using PL kinetics measurements. The X-ray dose rate was remotely monitored via the radioluminescence (RL) signal emitted by the Cu/Ce scintillating sensor. In order to transport the optical signal from the irradiation zone to the detection located in the instrumentation zone, an optical transport fiber was spliced to the sample under test. This RL signal exhibited a linear behavior regarding the dose rate in the range at least between 1.1 mGy(SiO2)/s and 34 Gy(SiO2)/s. In addition, a spectroscopic analysis of this RL signal at different dose rates revealed that the same energy levels attributed to Cu+ and Ce3+ ions are involved in both the RL mechanism and the PL phenomenon. Moreover, integrated intensities of the RL sub-bands related to both Cu+ and Ce3+ ions depend linearly on the dose rate at least in the investigated range from 102 mGy(SiO2)/s up to 4725 mGy(SiO2)/s. The presence of Ce3+ ions also reduces the formation of HC1 color centers after X-ray irradiation.

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2020
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15. TL Properties of RE-Doped and Co-Doped Sol-Gel Silica Rods. Application to Passive (OSL) and Real-Time (RL) Dosimetry

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M. Bouazaoui, H. El Hamzaoui, Wilfried Blanc, Mourad Benabdesselam, K. Delplace-Baudelle, Franck Mady, Remi Habert, Bruno Capoen, Andy Cassez, Géraud Bouwmans, Jessica Bahout, Institut de Physique de Nice (INPHYNI), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Photonique (Photonique), Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherche sur les Composants logiciels et matériels pour l'Information et la Communication Avancé - USR 3380 (IRCICA), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)

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[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics], Materials science, 010401 analytical chemistry, Doping, Analytical chemistry, 01 natural sciences, Rod, 0104 chemical sciences, Dosimetry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Instrumentation, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Co doped, Sol-gel
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Published
2021

17. Tapered multi-core fiber for lensless endoscopes

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Fatima El Moussawi, Matthias Hofer, Damien Labat, Andy Cassez, Géraud Bouwmans, Siddharth Sivankutty, Rosa Cossart, Olivier Vanvincq, Hervé Rigneault, Esben Ravn Andresen, Rigneault, Herve, Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut FRESNEL (FRESNEL), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée [Aix-Marseille Université] (INMED - INSERM U1249), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), ANR-21-ESRE-0003,CIRCUITPHOTONICS,Centre d'imagerie de la dynamique des circuits neuronaux(2021), and ANR-20-CE19-0028,NAIMA,Imagerie rapide et non invasive par fibre optique multi-modes(2020)

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[SPI.OPTI] Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, FOS: Physical sciences, transmission matrix, wavefront shaping, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, microscopy, [SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, fluorescence, in vivo imaging, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biotechnology, Optics (physics.optics), Physics - Optics
Abstract

International audience; We present a novel fiber-optic component, a “tapered multicore fiber (MCF)”, designed for integration into ultraminiaturized endoscopes for minimally invasive two-photon point-scanning imaging and to address the power delivery issue that has faced MCF-based lensless endoscopes. With it we achieve experimentally a factor 6.0 increase in two-photon signal yield while keeping the ability to point-scan by the memory effect and a factor 8.9 sacrificing the memory effect. To reach this optimal design, we first develop and validate a fast numerical model capable of predicting the essential properties of an arbitrarily tapered MCF from its structural parameters. We then use this model to identify the tapered MCF design parameters that result in a chosen set of target properties (point-spread function, delivered power, presence or absence of memory effect). We fabricate the identified target designs by stack-and-draw and postprocessing on a CO2 laser-based glass processing and splicing system. Finally, we demonstrate the performance gain of the fabricated tapered MCFs in two-photon imaging when used in a lensless endoscope system. Our results show that tailoring of the taper profile brings new degrees of freedom that can be efficiently exploited for lensless endoscopes.

Published
2022

19. A tunable filter for high molecular weight DNA selection and linked-read sequencing

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Adrien Castinel, Frederic Ginot, Aurélien Bancaud, Audrey Gibert, Olivier Bouchez, Géraud Bouwmans, Juan-Luis Fuentes Rojas, Cécile Donnadieu, Audrey Boutonnet, Laurent Bigot, Nicolas Milon, Karen Baudelle, Équipe Micro-Nanofluidique pour les sciences de la vie et de l’environnement (LAAS-MILE), Laboratoire d'analyse et d'architecture des systèmes (LAAS), Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (UT1), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (UT1), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Génome et Transcriptome - Plateforme Génomique ( GeT-PlaGe), Plateforme Génome & Transcriptome (GET), Génopole Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées [Auzeville] (GENOTOUL), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT), Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Génopole Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées [Auzeville] (GENOTOUL), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Picometrics Technologies, ANR-16-CE18-0028,MicroLAS,µ-Laboratoire d'Analyse et de Séparation des chromosomes : développement d'un outil pour le typage rapide des bactéries, levures et cellules de mammifères(2016), ANR-16-ASTR-0020,BIOPULSE,Dispositif de détection biologique ultrasensible de pathogènes prélevés par air pulsé.(2016), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (UT1)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (UT1)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire (LGC), Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Photonique (Photonique), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Toulouse Capitole (UT Capitole), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse Capitole (UT Capitole), Université de Toulouse (UT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Génopole Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées [Auzeville] (GENOTOUL), and Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)

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Computer science, Sequencing data, Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering, 02 engineering and technology, Third generation sequencing, Computational biology, Biochemistry, [SPI.MAT]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Materials, 03 medical and health sciences, Cucumis melo, Particle Size, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], Throughput (business), ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Selection (genetic algorithm), 030304 developmental biology, 0303 health sciences, DNA, Sequence Analysis, DNA, General Chemistry, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Molecular Weight, genomic DNA, Filter (video), [SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, 0210 nano-technology, Block size, High molecular weight dna
Abstract

International audience; In third generation sequencing, the production of quality data requires the selection of molecules longer than ∼20 kbp, but the size selection threshold of most purification technologies is smaller than this target. Here, we describe a technology operated in a capillary with a tunable selection threshold in the range of 3 to 40 kbp controlled by an electric field. We demonstrate that the selection cut-off is sharp, the purification yield is high, and the purification throughput is scalable. We also provide an analytical model that the actuation settings of the filter. The selection of high molecular weight genomic DNA from the melon Cucumis melo L., a diploid organism of ∼0.45 Gbp, is then reported. Linked-read sequencing data show that the N50 phase block size, which scores the correct representation of two chromosomes, is enhanced by a factor of 2 after size selection, establishing the relevance and versatility of our technology.

Published
2020

20. Flexible miniature 3-photon micro-endoscope using a functionnalized hollow core fiber

Author

Septier, D., Gaëlle Brevalle, Remi Habert, Damien Labat, Andy Cassez, Karen Baudelle, Géraud Bouwmans, Hervé RIGNEAULT, Kudlinski, A., Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Lightcore Technologies (LCT), Institut FRESNEL (FRESNEL), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), MOSAIC (MOSAIC), and Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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[SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
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International audience

Published
2022

21. High-resolution two-photon, three-photon, Harmonic generations and CARS flexible endo-microscope

Author

Vasyl Mytskaniuk, Septier, D., Gaëlle Brevalle, Victor Tsvirkun, Fabert Marc, Géraud Bouwmans, Frédéric Louradour, Kudlinski, A., Hervé RIGNEAULT, Institut FRESNEL (FRESNEL), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), XLIM (XLIM), Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), MOSAIC (MOSAIC), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Lightcore Technologies (LCT)

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[SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
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International audience

Published
2022

22. All-solid polarization-maintaining silica fiber with birefringence induced by anisotropic metaglass

Author

Alicja Anuszkiewicz, Rafal Kasztelanic, Ryszard Buczynski, Géraud Bouwmans, Dariusz Pysz, Arnaud Mussot, Adam Filipkowski, Damian Michalik, Andy Cassez, Mariusz Klimczak, Grzegorz Stepniewski, Monika Bouet, Łukasiewicz Research Network-Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics (IMIF), Warsaw University of Technology [Warsaw], Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Łukasiewicz Research Network -Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics (IMIF), University of Warsaw (UW), Łukasiewicz Research Network-Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics, (IMIF), University of Warsaw, and Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics (IMIF)

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[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics], Materials science, Birefringence, Optics, Silica fiber, business.industry, Polarization (waves), business, Anisotropy, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Abstract

We report the development of a silica glass single-mode polarization-maintaining fiber with birefringence induced by artificial anisotropic glass in the circular core without any external stress zones or structured cladding. The fiber core is composed of silica and germanium-doped silica nanorods ordered in submicrometer interleaved layers. The fiber has a measured cut-off wavelength at 1113 nm, phase birefringence of 0.3×10−4, and an effective mode diameter of 10.5 µm at the wavelength of 1550 nm. The polarization extinction ratio in the fiber is 20 dB at 1550 nm. The fiber is compatible with the standard SMF-28 fiber and can be easily integrated using standard fusion splicing with losses of 0.1 dB.

Published
2022

23. Fiber Bragg Gratings Embedded in Plasma-Sprayed Ceramics for High Temperature Sensing

Author

Alexandre Lerner, Aurélie Quet, Romain Cotillard, Laure Lago, Géraud Bouwmans, and Guillaume Laffont

Abstract

In-situ monitoring of femtosecond point-by-point written Fiber Bragg Gratings embedding in a ceramic material deposited by plasma-spraying was realized. High temperature measurements were successfully performed on the additively manufactured specimen up to 400°C.

Published
2022

24. Comparison of fiber in line Fabry-Pérot pressure sensors for harsh environment in aeronautic field

Author

Wendy Tomboza, Damien Labat, Remi Habert, Romain Cotillard, Nicolas Roussel, Didier Pohl, Guillaume Laffont, Minh Chau Phan Huy, and Géraud Bouwmans

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a comparison of fiber in-line Fabry-Pérot pressure sensors with different structure. The modeling and simulation of pressure sensor with different diaphragm and cavity shape is made. The sensor temperature response up to 900°C is presented. Pressure measurement up to 70bar of four different sensors are demonstrated.

Published
2022

25. Miniature 120-beam coherent combiner with 3D printed optics for multicore fiber based endoscopy

Author

Gaelle Brévalle, Siddharth Sivankutty, Géraud Bouwmans, Naveen Gajendra Kumar, Hervé Rigneault, Andrea Bertoncini, Esben Ravn Andresen, Carlo Liberale, Victor Tsvirkun, Institut FRESNEL (FRESNEL), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), MOSAIC (MOSAIC), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-20-CE19-0028,NAIMA,Imagerie rapide et non invasive par fibre optique multi-modes(2020), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)

Subjects
Optics and Photonics, 3d printed, Materials science, Physics::Optics, FOS: Physical sciences, 02 engineering and technology, Applied Physics (physics.app-ph), Multicore fiber, 01 natural sciences, Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal, 010309 optics, Footprint (electronics), Optics, Optical imaging, 0103 physical sciences, medicine, Fiber bundle, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Endoscopes, Photons, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Endoscopy, Physics - Applied Physics, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Bundle, Printing, Three-Dimensional, [SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, 0210 nano-technology, business, Beam (structure), Physics - Optics, Optics (physics.optics)
Abstract

We report high efficiency, miniaturized, ultra-fast coherent beam combining with 3D printed micro-optics directly on the tip of a multicore fiber bundle. The highly compact device foot-print (180 micron diameter) facilitates its incorporation into a minimally invasive ultra-thin nonlinear endoscope to perform two-photon imaging, Comment: Published in Optics Letters

Published
2022
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27. Selective Laser Melting In Situ Temperature Monitoring Using Femtosecond Point-by-Point Fiber Bragg Gratings

Author

Alexandre Lerner, Quentin Pouille, Ayoub Ladaci, Romain Cotillard, Fernando Lomello, Pascal Aubry, Hicham Maskrot, Géraud Bouwmans, and Guillaume Laffont

Abstract

Dynamic temperature monitoring along a stainless steel specimen additively manufactured by selective laser melting was performed using point-by-point written femtosecond Fiber Bragg Gratings packaged in a metallic capillary.

Published
2022

28. Characterization of femtosecond laser micromachined fiber in-line pressure sensor for simultaneous measurement of high temperature and pressure

Author

Wendy Tomboza, Romain Cotillard, Nicolas Roussel, Minh Chau Phan Huy, Géraud Bouwmans, and Guillaume Laffont

Abstract

A Fabry-Pérot interferometer and Fiber Bragg Grating based fiber optic pressure sensor for the measurement of temperature (up to 900 °C, at room pressure) and pressure (up to 90 bar, at room temperature) is proposed.

Published
2022

29. Few-mode erbium-doped fiber amplifier based on a multi-inclusions core optical fiber

Author

Jean-Baptiste Trinel, Jean Yammine, Guillaume Le Cocq, Géraud Bouwmans, Esben Ravn Andresen, Andy Cassez, Stéphane Plus, Yves Quiquempois, Guillaume Labroille, Laurent Bigot, Prysmian Group, Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and CAILabs (CAILabs)

Subjects
[SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Abstract

In this work, we demonstrate and evaluate a new design of micro-structured core erbium-doped few-mode fiber to be used as optical amplifier in the context of mode-division multiplexing. This concept is proposed so as to better control the distribution of the Er3+ ions in the core area, thus permitting to adjust the overall differential modal gains between the different signal modes. The design presented here consists of 19 erbium-doped inclusions embedded in a pedestal geometry guiding 10 modes in the C-band. It has been optimized numerically so as to reach the equalized amplification of all the signal modes. The fiber has been realized and combined with custom-made dual-wavelength mode multiplexers based on multi-plane light conversion to shape the signal and pump beams. Amplification properties have finally been evaluated experimentally.

Published
2023

30. Flexible lensless endoscopes for 2-photon fluorescence imaging of hippocampal neurons in mice

Author

Naveen Gajendra Kumar, Esben Ravn Andresen, Rosa Cossart, Géraud Bouwmans, Hervé RIGNEAULT, Institut FRESNEL (FRESNEL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), MOSAIC (MOSAIC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherche sur les Composants logiciels et matériels pour l'Information et la Communication Avancé - USR 3380 (IRCICA), Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée [Aix-Marseille Université] (INMED - INSERM U1249), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)

Subjects
[SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

International audience

Published
2021

31. Hadamard transmission matrix for efficient light use in multicore fiber endoscopy systems

Author

Matthias Hofer, Esben Ravn Andresen, Géraud Bouwmans, Hervé RIGNEAULT, Institut FRESNEL (FRESNEL), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), MOSAIC (MOSAIC), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherche sur les Composants logiciels et matériels pour l'Information et la Communication Avancé - USR 3380 (IRCICA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)

Subjects
[SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

International audience

Published
2021

32. Coherent Raman and multiphoton endoscopes

Author

Hervé RIGNEAULT, Géraud Bouwmans, Alexandre Kudlinski, Institut FRESNEL (FRESNEL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), MOSAIC (MOSAIC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherche sur les Composants logiciels et matériels pour l'Information et la Communication Avancé - USR 3380 (IRCICA), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
[SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

International audience

Published
2021

33. Lensless endoscopy

Author

Naveen Gajendra, Siddharth Sivankutty, Viktor Tsvirkun, Esben Ravn Andresen, Olivier Vanvincq, Géraud Bouwmans, Hervé RIGNEAULT, Institut FRESNEL (FRESNEL), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), MOSAIC (MOSAIC), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)

Subjects
[SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

National audience

Published
2021

34. Fibres optiques topographiques

Author

Géraud Bouwmans, Alexandre Kudlinski, and Arnaud Mussot

Abstract

L’avènement des fibres à cristal photonique dans les années 90 a été une révolution sur les plans tant scientifique qu’applicatif. Leur structuration transverse complexe leur confère en effet des propriétés de guidage inédites. Les fibres optiques topographiques introduites dans les années 2010 offrent, quant à elles, un degré de liberté supplémentaire grâce à leur structuration longitudinale contrôlée. Bien que leur potentiel applicatif soit loin d’être totalement exploré, elles ont déjà été largement exploitées en optique guidée.

Published
2019

35. Investigation of the Incorporation of Cerium Ions in MCVD-Silica Glass Preforms for Remote Optical Fiber Radiation Dosimetry

Author

Stéphane Plus, Mohamed Bouazaoui, Aziz Boukenter, Bruno Capoen, Youcef Ouerdane, Monika Cieslikiewicz-Bouet, Geneviève Chadeyron, Laurent Bigot, Rémi Habert, Sylvain Girard, Rachid Mahiou, Géraud Bouwmans, Hicham El Hamzaoui, Karen Delplace-Baudelle, Andy Cassez, Adriana Morana, Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Hubert Curien [Saint Etienne] (LHC), Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS), Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand (ICCF), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Institut national polytechnique Clermont Auvergne (INP Clermont Auvergne), Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), Photonique (Photonique), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Lille, Laboratoire Hubert Curien (LHC), and Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Photoluminescence, Optical fiber, Materials science, Analytical chemistry, chemistry.chemical_element, 02 engineering and technology, TP1-1185, 01 natural sciences, Biochemistry, Article, Analytical Chemistry, law.invention, 010309 optics, silica glass preforms, radioluminescence, law, 0103 physical sciences, [CHIM]Chemical Sciences, Fiber, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Instrumentation, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics], X-ray dosimetry, Dosimeter, optical fiber sensors, Chemical technology, Radioluminescence, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Core (optical fiber), Cerium, cerium, chemistry, [SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, photoluminescence, 0210 nano-technology, Luminescence
Abstract

The incorporation of Ce3+ ions in silicate glasses is a crucial issue for luminescence-based sensing applications. In this article, we report on silica glass preforms doped with cerium ions fabricated by modified chemical vapor deposition (MCVD) under different atmospheres in order to favor the Ce3+ oxidation state. Structural analysis and photophysical investigations are performed on the obtained glass rods. The preform fabricated under reducing atmosphere presents the highest photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield (QY). This preform drawn into a 125 µm-optical fiber, with a Ce-doped core diameter of about 40 µm, is characterized to confirm the presence of Ce3+ ions inside this optical fiber core. The fiber is then tested in an all-fibered X-ray dosimeter configuration. We demonstrate that this fiber allows the remote monitoring of the X-ray dose rate (flux) through a radioluminescence (RL) signal generated around 460 nm. The response dependence of RL versus dose rate exhibits a linear behavior over five decades, at least from 330 µGy(SiO2)/s up to 22.6 Gy(SiO2)/s. These results attest the potentialities of the MCVD-made Ce-doped material, obtained under reducing atmosphere, for real-time remote ionizing radiation dosimetry.

Published
2021

36. Two-step manufacturing of hundreds of meter-long silicon micrometer-size core optical fibers with less than 0.2 dB/cm background losses

Author

Stéphane Plus, Nicolas Nuns, M. Marinova, Géraud Bouwmans, Rémi Habert, B. Chazallon, Olivier Vanvincq, Andy Cassez, Karen Baudelle, Laurent Bigot, Remy Bernard, M. Kudinova, Photonique (Photonique), Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and ANR-16-CE24-0015,SPICY,Fibres à cristal photonique à base de silicium(2016)

Subjects
Fabrication, Optical fiber, Materials science, Silicon, Computer Networks and Communications, chemistry.chemical_element, 02 engineering and technology, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, 010309 optics, Micrometre, symbols.namesake, law, 0103 physical sciences, Applied optics. Photonics, Fiber, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, business.industry, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Cladding (fiber optics), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, TA1501-1820, Core (optical fiber), chemistry, 13. Climate action, symbols, [SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, Optoelectronics, 0210 nano-technology, business, Raman scattering
Abstract

International audience; This work reports on the fabrication and the characterization of hybrid optical fibers with silicon core and silica cladding. Adopting a two-step manufacturing technique derived from the stack-and-draw method, silicon-core fibers with core dimensions ranging from about 0.8 mu m to 3.5 mu m have been successively drawn into hundreds of meter-long fibers. A 3.3 mu m diameter core fiber has been more extensively characterized and background losses for this as-drawn fiber are less than 0.2 dB/cm between 1250 nm and 1650 nm, with a minimum of 0.12 dB/cm around 1600 nm. The crystalline state of the core and the limited impact of oxygen contamination were confirmed by Raman scattering, x-ray diffraction, HR-STEM, and ToF-SIMS analysis. Transmission peaks associated with specific modal distributions are evidenced under certain injection conditions and their positions are shown to be in good accordance with mode cut-off wavelengths of a step-index silicon-core fiber.

Published
2021

37. Pulse energy enhancement via filter shape optimization in an all-fiber Mamyshev oscillator

Author

Etienne Poeydebat, Emmanuel Hugonnot, Géraud Bouwmans, Olivier Vanvincq, and Florent Scol

Subjects
Harmonic analysis, Materials science, Optics, Mode-locking, Band-pass filter, Filter (video), business.industry, Fiber laser, Harmonic, Shape optimization, Self-phase modulation, business
Abstract

We report on the experimental influence of filter shape on the dynamic of an all-fiber Mamyshev oscillator. Significant variation of output pulse energy and various regimes (harmonic mode-locking, multipulses) are observed.

Published
2021

38. Radioluminescence Response of Ce-, Cu-, and Gd-Doped Silica Glasses for Dosimetry of Pulsed Electron Beams

Author

Arto Javanainen, Sylvain Girard, Heikki Kettunen, Hicham El Hamzaoui, Daniel Soderstrom, Adriana Morana, Géraud Bouwmans, Bruno Capoen, Youcef Ouerdane, Mohamed Bouazaoui, University of Jyväskylä [JYU], Laboratoire Hubert Curien [LHC], Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 [PhLAM], Photonique [Photonique], Department of Physics [Jyväskylä Univ] (JYU), University of Jyväskylä (JYU), Laboratoire Hubert Curien (LHC), Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Photonique (Photonique), and Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
optical fiber, Luminescence, Materials science, radiation-induced luminescence, Analytical chemistry, Electrons, TP1-1185, 02 engineering and technology, Electron, hiukkaskiihdyttimet, elektronit, 01 natural sciences, Biochemistry, Article, Analytical Chemistry, law.invention, mittauslaitteet, law, 0103 physical sciences, Dosimetry, dosimetrit, Irradiation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Radiometry, Instrumentation, [PHYS]Physics [physics], optiset kuidut, dosimetry, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Chemical technology, pulsed electron beam, luminesenssi, Doping, Particle accelerator, Radioluminescence, Silicon Dioxide, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, electron accelerator, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, point dosimeter, Condensed Matter::Soft Condensed Matter, säteilyfysiikka, Cathode ray, Physics::Accelerator Physics, 0210 nano-technology
Abstract

Radiation-induced emission of doped sol-gel silica glass samples was investigated under a pulsed 20-MeV electron beam. The studied samples were drawn rods doped with cerium, copper, or gadolinium ions, which were connected to multimode pure-silica core fibers to transport the induced luminescence from the irradiation area to a signal readout system. The luminescence pulses in the samples induced by the electron bunches were studied as a function of deposited dose per electron bunch. All the investigated samples were found to have a linear response in terms of luminescence as a function of electron bunch sizes between 10−5 Gy/bunch and 1.5×10−2 Gy/bunch. The presented results show that these types of doped silica rods can be used for monitoring a pulsed electron beam, as well as to evaluate the dose deposited by the individual electron bunches. The electron accelerator used in the experiment was a medical type used for radiation therapy treatments, and these silica rod samples show high potential for dosimetry in radiotherapy contexts.

Published
2021

39. Dual-Polarization C+L-Band Wavelength Conversion in a Twin-Core Highly Nonlinear Fibre

Author

Yves Quiquempois, Nick Doran, Arnaud Mussot, Géraud Bouwmans, Aron Szabo, Abdallah Ali, Chandra B. Gaur, and Vitor Ribeiro

Subjects
L band, Optical fiber, Materials science, business.industry, Wavelength conversion, law.invention, Core (optical fiber), Nonlinear system, Interferometry, Dual-polarization interferometry, law, Brillouin scattering, Optoelectronics, business
Abstract

All-optical wavelength conversion of dual-polarization signals over 9.6 nm in C+L-band is demonstrated in a twin-core highly nonlinear fibre for the first time. Conversion efficiencies between -1 dB and -8.5 dB for both cores are obtained simultaneously.

Published
2021

40. Temperature Effect on the Radioluminescence of Cu, Ce and CuCe Doped Silica-based Fiber Materials

Author

Markus Brugger, Bruno Capoen, Géraud Bouwmans, Julien Mekki, Mohamed Bouazaoui, Aziz Boukenter, Diego Di Francesca, Sylvain Girard, Yacine Kadi, Nourdine Kerboub, Remi Habert, D. Ricci, Adriana Morana, Youcef Ouerdane, Ruben Garcia Alia, Hicham El Hamzaoui, Emmanuel Marin, CERN [Genève], Laboratoire Hubert Curien [Saint Etienne] (LHC), Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Photonique (Photonique), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Institut de Recherche sur les Composants logiciels et matériels pour l'Information et la Communication Avancé - USR 3380 (IRCICA), Laboratoire Hubert Curien (LHC), and Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics], Materials science, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Doping, Analytical chemistry, Radioluminescence, Radiation, 01 natural sciences, Temperature measurement, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, 0103 physical sciences, Dosimetry, Fiber, Irradiation, ComputingMethodologies_GENERAL, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Luminescence, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

We evaluate the temperature effect on the X-ray radiation-induced luminescence (RIL) of Cu- or Ce-single-doped and CuCe-codoped silica glass. Previous investigations showed that these optical materials exhibit interesting dosimetry properties, such as very good detection capabilities and linear response over a large range of dose rate. However, several radiation environments, such as space and particle accelerators, also require a careful assessment of the temperature effect. With this aim, we characterize their RIL efficiency and spectral dependence at several irradiation temperatures. We demonstrate that all the investigated materials present a nonnegligible temperature dependence of the RIL in the range −120 °C to 80 °C, whilst preserving linear dose rate dependence at each irradiation temperature. However, the temperature effect on the RIL signal is still compensable via calibration and temperature monitoring.

Published
2020

41. Silicon-core optical fiber with losses below 0.2dB/cm

Author

Nicolas Nuns, J. Troles, M. Kudinova, Rémi Habert, Karen Baudelle, H. El Hamzaoui, Stéphane Plus, Remy Bernard, B. Chazallon, M. Marinova, Laurent Bigot, Géraud Bouwmans, Olivier Vanvincq, Andy Cassez, Photonique (Photonique), Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Michel Eugène Chevreul - FR 2638 (IMEC), Université d'Artois (UA)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Centrale Lille Institut (CLIL), Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (ISCR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), Université d'Artois (UA)-Centrale Lille-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-16-CE17-0005,GENMSMD,Dissection génétique de la Susceptibilité Mendélienne aux infections mycobactériennes chez l'homme(2016), and ANR-16-CE24-0015,SPICY,Fibres à cristal photonique à base de silicium(2016)

Subjects
Materials science, Silicon, business.industry, Scanning electron microscope, chemistry.chemical_element, 02 engineering and technology, Crystal structure, Chemical vapor deposition, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, 01 natural sciences, 010309 optics, Core (optical fiber), chemistry, Oxygen contamination, 0103 physical sciences, [SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, Optoelectronics, 0210 nano-technology, business, Photonic-crystal fiber
Abstract

International audience; Silicon-core fibers were drawn into hundreds of meter-long spans. The regular crystalline structure of the core and the absence of oxygen contamination are demonstrated together with loss below 0.2 dB/cm from 1250 to 1650 nm.

Published
2020

42. Remote Measurements of X-Rays Dose Rate Using a Cerium-Doped Air-Clad Optical Fiber

Author

Youcef Ouerdane, Rémi Habert, Géraud Bouwmans, Adriana Morana, Mohamed Bouazaoui, Jessica Bahout, Hicham El Hamzaoui, Aziz Boukenter, Karen Baudelle, Andy Cassez, Bruno Capoen, Sylvain Girard, Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Hubert Curien [Saint Etienne] (LHC), Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherche sur les Composants logiciels et matériels pour l'Information et la Communication Avancé - USR 3380 (IRCICA), DAM Île-de-France (DAM/DIF), Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Photonique (Photonique), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Hubert Curien (LHC), and Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics], Optical fiber, Dosimeter, Materials science, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Radioluminescence, Microstructured optical fiber, Scintillator, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Numerical aperture, Core (optical fiber), Nuclear Energy and Engineering, law, 0103 physical sciences, Optoelectronics, Dosimetry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, business, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

Cerium doped silica glasses are attractive materials for radiation dosimetry. In this article, Ce-doped air-clad optical fiber has been fabricated for real-time X-ray dose rate measurements through the radioluminescence (RL) signal. The structural properties of the obtained material were studied using Raman spectroscopy. The presence of Ce3+ ions inside the sol-gel-derived silica core was confirmed using photoluminescence (PL) measurements. This optical fiber, with a high numerical aperture, was tested as active and guiding material in an all-fibered remote X-ray dosimeter configuration. We demonstrated that the response dependence of RL versus dose rate is linear from 52 mGy(SiO2)/s up to at least 1.5 Gy(SiO2)/s, allowing to monitor the dose rate evolution during an irradiation run. The presented results confirm the potentialities of this microstructured optical fiber to monitor ionizing radiations in harsh environments. They also pave the way toward an alternative to the widely used approach that uses scintillator material at the end of a transport’s optical fiber.

Published
2020

43. Investigation of Thermoluminescence Properties of Potential Fibered-OSL Dosimeter Materials

Author

Géraud Bouwmans, N. Al Helou, H. El Hamzaoui, Bruno Capoen, Angela Guttilla, Mohamed Bouazaoui, Franck Mady, J. Bahout, Wilfried Blanc, Mourad Benabdesselam, Institut de Physique de Nice (INPHYNI), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics], Optical fiber, Materials science, Optically stimulated luminescence, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Doping, 01 natural sciences, Thermoluminescence, law.invention, Ion, Ionizing radiation, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, law, 0103 physical sciences, Optoelectronics, Dosimetry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, business, Luminescence, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

The luminescence properties of several doped materials are explored in many fields of application, including ionizing radiation dosimetry. These luminescence properties are essentially provided by the doping element. In this article, we report thermally stimulated luminescence (TSL) measurements of the trapping and recombination centers involved in the luminescence process of sol–gel-derived glasses. Three-doped species will be concerned: one transition metal (Cu), one rare-earth element (Ce), and a combination of both in the sol–gel silica matrix. By comparing the performances of these samples according to the criteria required for dosimetry by both TSL and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) (sensitivity, dose response, and thermal fading), the results show that the simply doped samples really are potential candidates for fibered-OSL dosimetry.

Published
2020

44. Benefit of large-mode area fiber for photonic nanojet sub-micron laser processing (Conference Presentation)

Author

Géraud Bouwmans, Grégoire Chabrol, Robin Pierron, Djamila Bouaziz, Nacer-Eddine Demagh, Sylvain Lecler, Assia Guessoum, and Jean-Paul Yehouessi

Subjects
Materials science, Optical fiber, business.industry, Single-mode optical fiber, Physics::Optics, Laser, Cladding (fiber optics), law.invention, Core (optical fiber), Light intensity, Optics, law, Focal length, Fiber, business
Abstract

The photonic nanojet (PNJ) was first reported by Chen et al.in 2004 through finite-difference time domain modeling of cylindrical structures under plan wave illumination. PNJ is a propagative beam with a full width at half maximum (FWHM) slightly smaller than a half wavelength. The power density can be more than 200 times higher than the one of the incident wave. This concentration can be achieved using a transparent dielectric microcylinder with a wavelength-scale radius. Gustav Mie obtained the exact solution of Maxwell’s equations for a dielectric microsphere in 1908. Applying this method, PNJ in the 3D case of a dielectric sphere was first reported by Li and Lecler. The photonic nanojet appears as a narrow and elongated spot with a high intensity electromagnetic field. The key parameters of PNJs, which are their FWHM, focal distance, decay length, and light intensity maximum, have been the subject of extensive theoretical and experimental studies. An in-depth understanding of photonic nanojet is nevertheless needed to fully exploit the potential of microspheres as optical super-lens. The original properties of PNJs make them ideal candidate in a wide range of applications, including nonlinear absorption enhancement, single-molecule fluorescence measurement, laser surgery, super-resolved microscopy, manipulation and detection of single sub-100 nm nanoparticles and biomolecules and laser sub-micro etching. Recently, the possibility to obtain a PNJ using an optical fiber with a shaped tip has opened new interests in the challenging field of direct laser subwavelength micromachining. To start with, the fiber is easier to move than the microsphere. Furthermore, the sphere is corrupted after the first irradiation due to their contact with the sample. On the opposite, the fiber tips have no contact with the processed surface and are not altered by the removed material. PNJs have already demonstrated the ability to reduce the laser etching size using shaped optical fiber tips. With a shaped optical fiber tips, the PNJ phenomenon is only due to the fundamental mode of the fiber. However, a standard single-mode fiber has three drawbacks for PNJ generation. (1) The small core diameter (

Published
2020

45. Flexible lensless endoscope with a conformationally invariant multi-core fiber (Conference Presentation)

Author

Hervé Rigneault, Viktor Tsvirkun, Siddharth Sivankutty, Esben Ravn Andresen, Géraud Bouwmans, and Olivier Vanvincq

Subjects
Optics, Endoscope, Fiber (mathematics), business.industry, Computer science, Computer Science::Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Miniaturization, Physics::Optics, Transmission matrix, Invariant (physics), business, Multi core fiber
Abstract

The lensless endoscope represents the ultimate limit in miniaturization of imaging tools: an image can be transmitted through a (multi-mode or multi-core) fiber by numerical or physical inversion of the fiber's pre- measured transmission matrix. However, the transmission matrix changes completely with only minute conformational changes of the fiber, which has so far limited lensless endoscopes to fibers that must be kept static. In this work we report a lensless endoscope which is exempt from the requirement of static fiber by designing and employing a custom-designed conformationally invariant fiber. We give experimental and theoretical validations and determine the parameter space over which the invariance is maintained.

Published
2020

46. Hundreds of meter-long low-loss silicon-core optical fiber

Author

Bertrand Chazallon, Stéphane Plus, Maryna Kudinova, Géraud Bouwmans, Karen Baudelle, Laurent Bigot, Olivier Vanvincq, Andy Cassez, Remy Bernard, Hicham El Hamzaoui, Johann Troles, Rémi Habert, Prysmian Group, Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (ISCR), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), French Agence Nationale de la Recherche: SPICY projectFrench National Research Agency (ANR) [ANR-16-CE240015], LABEX CEMPI [ANR-11-LABX-0007], Equipex Flux [ANR-11-EQPX-0017], Ministry of Higher Education and Research Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MHESR), Hauts de-France Regional Council, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Contrat de Projets Etat-Region (CPER Photonics for Society, P4S) European Union (EU), Jiang, Digonnet, MJF, ANR-11-LABX-0007,CEMPI,Centre Européen pour les Mathématiques, la Physique et leurs Interactions(2011), ANR-11-EQPX-0017,FLUX,Fibres optiques pour les hauts Flux(2011), Photonique (Photonique), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-16-CE24-0015,SPICY,Fibres à cristal photonique à base de silicium(2016), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), and Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)

Subjects
Materials science, Optical fiber, Silicon, Physics::Optics, chemistry.chemical_element, 02 engineering and technology, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, 010309 optics, Crystal, Crystallinity, law, 0103 physical sciences, [CHIM]Chemical Sciences, Fiber, Silicon-core optical fibers, Hybrid optical fibers, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Semiconductor optical fibers, chemistry.chemical_classification, business.industry, Polymer, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Laser, Core (optical fiber), chemistry, [SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, Optoelectronics, 0210 nano-technology, business
Abstract

International audience; Hybrid optical fibers, i.e. optical fibers that combine, in the same structure, glass with crystal, metal, polymer or a second type of glass, open access to a wide range of optical properties or optical functions not accessible to common single-glass-made optical fibers. Silicon-core fibers are one type of hybrid fibers that have been intensively studied since 2006 with the aim to take benefit of the mid-infrared transparency of silicon or to implement opto-electrical functions in the optical fiber itself. Some of the unique optical properties of these semiconductor-core fibers have been demonstrated but it is admitted that optical losses are still today a drag on the rise of performances and hence devote specific attention. Post-processing based on laser or thermal annealing can be applied on the as-drawn fibers to improve core crystallinity and then reduce optical losses. However, such processing techniques have been demonstrated on centimeter-long fibers only. In the present paper, we demonstrate as-drawn silicon-core fiber with loss level below 0.2 dB/cm on the 1250-1650nm wavelength range, this fiber being continuously manufactured over length exceeding one hundred of meters. Several fibers have been fabricated from a rod-in-stack approach and different core dimensions ranging from about 0.8 to 3.4 mu m have been successively realized and extensive characterizations (XRD, micro-Raman spectroscopy, TEM and ToF-SIMS analysis) have been conducted on the 3.4 mu m core fiber. The crystalline state of the core, the absence of oxygen contamination and the optical transmission from 1.1 to 4 mu m will be presented.

Published
2020

47. Flexible lensless endoscope with a conformationally invariant multi-core fiber

Author

Hervé RIGNEAULT, Viktor Tsvirkun, Siddharth Sivankutty, Géraud Bouwmans, Olivier Vanvincq, Esben Ravn Andresen, Institut FRESNEL (FRESNEL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), MOSAIC (MOSAIC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
[SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

International audience

Published
2020

48. Double clad tubular anti-resonant hollow core fiber for nonlinear microendoscopy

Author

Vasyl Mytskaniuk, D. Septier, Géraud Bouwmans, Alexandre Kudlinski, Viktor Tsvirkun, Olivier Vanvincq, Andy Cassez, Karen Baudelle, Rémi Habert, Hervé Rigneault, A. Pastre, Marc Douay, Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherche sur les Composants logiciels et matériels pour l'Information et la Communication Avancé - USR 3380 (IRCICA), Institut FRESNEL (FRESNEL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), MOSAIC (MOSAIC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and ANR-19-CE19-0019,MEAP,Endomicroscopie multiphotonique des plaques athérosclérotiques(2019)

Subjects
Hollow core, Total internal reflection, Fabrication, Materials science, business.industry, Physics::Optics, 02 engineering and technology, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, 01 natural sciences, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Light scattering, Numerical aperture, 010309 optics, Nonlinear system, symbols.namesake, Optics, 0103 physical sciences, symbols, [SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, Fiber, 0210 nano-technology, business, Raman scattering
Abstract

International audience; We report the fabrication and characterization of the first double clad tubular anti-resonant hollow core fiber. It allows to deliver ultrashort pulses without temporal nor spectral distortions in the 700-1000 nm wavelength range and to efficiently collect scattered light in a high numerical aperture double clad. The output fiber mode is shaped with a silica microsphere generating a photonic nanojet, making it well suitable for nonlinear microendoscopy application. Additionally, we provide an open access software allowing to find optimal drawing parameters for the fabrication of tubular hollow core fibers.

Published
2020

49. Cu/Ce-co-Doped Silica Glass as Radioluminescent Material for Ionizing Radiation Dosimetry

Author

Bruno Capoen, Karen Baudelle, Aziz Boukenter, Géraud Bouwmans, Andy Cassez, Youcef Ouerdane, Hicham El Hamzaoui, Sylvain Girard, Mohamed Bouazaoui, Jessica Bahout, Rémi Habert, Adriana Morana, Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Hubert Curien [Saint Etienne] (LHC), Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherche sur les Composants logiciels et matériels pour l'Information et la Communication Avancé - USR 3380 (IRCICA), Laboratoire Hubert Curien (LHC), and Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Photoluminescence, Materials science, genetic structures, Analytical chemistry, 02 engineering and technology, 01 natural sciences, lcsh:Technology, Article, Cu + /Ce 3+ -co-doped silica glass, Ionizing radiation, Ion, 010309 optics, radioluminescence, 0103 physical sciences, Dosimetry, General Materials Science, Fiber, Irradiation, lcsh:Microscopy, lcsh:QC120-168.85, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics], lcsh:QH201-278.5, dosimetry, lcsh:T, Radioluminescence, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, lcsh:TA1-2040, lcsh:Descriptive and experimental mechanics, photoluminescence, lcsh:Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering, sense organs, Cu+/Ce3+-co-doped silica glass, Absorption (chemistry), 0210 nano-technology, lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), ionizing radiation, lcsh:TK1-9971
Abstract

Optically activated glasses are essential to the development of new radiation detection systems. In this study, a bulk glassy rod co-doped with Cu and Ce ions, was prepared via the sol-gel technique and was drawn at about 2000 &deg, C into a cylindrical capillary rod to evaluate its optical and radioluminescence properties. The sample showed optical absorption and photoluminescence (PL) bands attributed to Cu+ and Ce3+ ions. The presence of these two ions inside the host silica glass matrix was also confirmed using PL kinetics measurements. The X-ray dose rate was remotely monitored via the radioluminescence (RL) signal emitted by the Cu/Ce scintillating sensor. In order to transport the optical signal from the irradiation zone to the detection located in the instrumentation zone, an optical transport fiber was spliced to the sample under test. This RL signal exhibited a linear behavior regarding the dose rate in the range at least between 1.1 mGy(SiO2)/s and 34 Gy(SiO2)/s. In addition, a spectroscopic analysis of this RL signal at different dose rates revealed that the same energy levels attributed to Cu+ and Ce3+ ions are involved in both the RL mechanism and the PL phenomenon. Moreover, integrated intensities of the RL sub-bands related to both Cu+ and Ce3+ ions depend linearly on the dose rate at least in the investigated range from 102 mGy(SiO2)/s up to 4725 mGy(SiO2)/s. The presence of Ce3+ ions also reduces the formation of HC1 color centers after X-ray irradiation.

Published
2020

50. Polarization-maintaining and single-mode large mode area pixelated Bragg fiber

Author

Rémi Habert, Sylvain Delobel, Laurent Bigot, Damien Labat, Karen Baudelle, Yves Quiquempois, Géraud Bouwmans, Olivier Vanvincq, Andy Cassez, Photonique (Photonique), Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 (PhLAM), and Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Materials science, Extinction ratio, business.industry, Single-mode optical fiber, Physics::Optics, 02 engineering and technology, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Polarization (waves), 01 natural sciences, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Rod, 010309 optics, Wavelength, Mode field diameter, Optics, 0103 physical sciences, [SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, 0210 nano-technology, business, Refractive index, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Photonic-crystal fiber
Abstract

This Letter reports on a large mode area pixelated Bragg fiber in which some high refractive index rods were replaced by boron-doped rods that allows polarization maintaining behavior while keeping single-mode behavior. The realized all-solid fiber has a core diameter of 35 µm. The fundamental mode is circular with a 25 µm mode field diameter around 1 µm wavelength, and the polarization extinction ratio reaches 30 dB. Finally, this fiber is single-mode and bendable up to a 20 cm radius with fundamental mode losses lower than 0.3 dB/m.

Published
2020

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