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13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
Aston University
Fiber Bragg gratings inscribed using 800nm femtosecond laser and a phase mask in singleand multi-core mid-IR glass fibers
This paper reports the pioneering work combining complementary expertise of three UK University research groups to transform the all-fibre devices and systems from near-IR to mid-IR range for potential sensing applications in medical, environmental and engineering sectors. This work has led to two invited papers presented at International Conference ICMAT-2009 in Singapore and PACRIM8 in Canada and paved the foundation for FP7 Marie Curie project (MIDFIL: €200.4k, 2012-2014) to develop advanced mid-IR fibre lasers. These new mid-IR lasers could be powerful tools for high resolution gas detection, remote sensing, free-space communication, time-resolved molecular spectroscopy and mid-IR supercontinuum generation.