WUHAN, China (December 13, 2017) - Wuhan Optoelectronics Forum No. 134 was successfully held in Auditorium A101 at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) in the afternoon of December 13. Prof. Evgeny M. Dianov from Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences delivered an exciting talk entitled The History, Development and Prospect of Bismuth-doped Optical Fibers. Dr. LvYun Yang, from WNLO chaired the forum. Prof. Jian Wang, Asistant Director of WNLO, awarded Prof. Evgeny M. Dianov the forum medal.
The presentation will include brief information concerning the Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Then the results on the research and development of Bismuth-doped (Bi-doped) optical fibers, Bi-doped fiber lasers and optical amplifiers will be discussed in detail. The first Bi-doped optical fibers were fabricated by the Fiber Optics Research Center together with the Institute of High-Purity Substances in 2005 using MCVD technique. To create Bi-doped fiber lasers and optical amplifiers operating in broad spectral region it was necessary to use Bi-doped fibers with various core glass compositions. We selected the following fiber core glasses: Bi:SiO2 , Bi:GeO2 , Bi:GeO2-SiO2 , Bi:Al2O3-SiO2,Bi:P2O5-SiO2. In the results, a family of Bi-doped fiber lasers and optical amplifiers operating in the spectral region 1150-1800 nm was developed.
Prof. EVGENY M. DIANOV is Scientific Director of the Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He graduated from Moscow State University in 1960 and began his scientific career in the P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1960-1983), then worked in the General Physics Institute (1983-2006) and in the Fiber Optics Research Center of RAS (2006- present). He received the Ph.D. degree in Physical and Quantum Electronics in 1966 and the Doctor of Science degree in Physics in 1974. In 1994 Prof. Dianov became a Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. His research interests include fiber optics, laser physics and nonlinear optics and he has published more than 800 scientific papers and patents. He received the State Prize of the Soviet Union for “Neodymium Glass Lasers” in 1974 and the State Prize of Russia for “Infrared Fibers” in 1998, Vavilov Gold Medal in 2015 “For the investigation of nonlinear processes in optical fibers and creation of optical fiber sources of radiation based on nonlinear phenomena for visible and near IR spectral regions” and John Tyndall Award in 2017 “For pioneering leadership in optical fiber development and outstanding contributions to nonlinear fiber optics and optical fiber amplifiers.” Prof. Dianov is a Member of IEEE, ACerS, MRS, a Fellow of OSA.
