Laser Focus World, Vol.44,Issue 6 June, 2008 (Newsbreaks) New optical fiber remains transparent under extreme gamma radiation Engineers at AFO Research (Glendale, CA) have developed a new type of fluorophosphate-glass optical fiber (179 m fiber diameter, 284 m acrylate-coating diameter) that has be...

D7(Contributed) Novel Broadband and Eye-safe Laser Source Materials: Alkaline-free Yb 3+ doped Fluorophosphate Glasses for Fiber and Waveguide Lasers Ju H. Choi and Frank Shi University of California, Photonic Glass Lab, 916 Engineering Tower, Irvine, CA 92697-2575, USA Alfred Margaryan, AFO Inc., C...

Lasers, optics and photonics resources and news High level Gamma and Neutron radiation resistant non-silica glass Date announced: 27 Aug 2005 Conventional types of optical glass darken when exposed to gamma or neutron radiation. A glass developed at AFO Research, Inc. maintains its high transmission...

References From: Alfred Margaryan Ligands and Modifiers in Vitreous Materials: Spectnoscopy of condensed Systems Publisher: World Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey, London, Honk Hong 1999 1. C.A. Angell, Formation of Glasses from Liquids and Biopolymers, Science 267 (1995) 1924. 2. C.A. Angell, Frag...

Laser Focus World - January 2007 (New Products) Fluorophosphate glass A new series of Er(III)-doped fluorophosphate glasses (MBBA System) are designed for use in broadband compact optical fibers, compact waveguide amplifiers and compact fiber lasers. This glass exhibits a spectroscopic quality facto...