• CO2 laser annealed SiGe core optical fibers with radial Ge concentration gradients 

      Wu, Wei; Balci, Mustafa H.; Song, Seunghan; liu, chunxin; Fokine, Michael; Laurell, Fredrik; Hawkins, Thomas A.; Ballato, John; Gibson, Ursula (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      CO2 laser annealing of SiGe core, glass-clad optical fibers is a powerful technique for the production of single-crystal cores with spatially varying Ge concentrations. Laser power, laser scan speed and cooling air flow ...
    • Ge-capped SiGe core optical fibers 

      Wu, Wei; Balci, Mustafa H.; Muhlberger, Korbinian; Fokine, Michael; Laurell, Fredrik; Hawkins, Thomas A.; Ballato, John; Gibson, Ursula (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      CO2 laser processing offers the possibility to inscribe structures within glass-clad SiGe-core fibers by altering the spatial distribution of the Si and Ge. Spatial segregation of Ge to the end of a fiber is shown via ...
    • Laser-induced spatial composition gradients in SiGe core fiber 

      Wu, Wei (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:219, Doctoral thesis, 2020)
      An important contributor to global warming is greenhouse gas emission caused by burning fuels such as oil and coal. To preserve the environment for the whole world and to simultaneously meet growing global energy demand, ...
    • Single crystal semiconductor-core optical fiber* 

      Wu, Wei; Song, Seunghan; Balci, Mustafa H.; Laurell, Fredrik; Cantwell, Patrick; Ballato, John; Gibson, Ursula (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Semiconductor-core fibers are improved by removal of grain boundaries. We use a CO2 laser to process silicon-based cores; an alloying element reduces both the temperature and speed required for formation of a single crystal.