Reducing the hydroxyl group content in tellurite glass fibers is essential to exploit the intrinsic mid-infrared transparency of tellurite glass for optical fiber devices. We report the first extruded tellurite glass fibers with low hydroxyl (OH) group content using dry atmosphere for glass melting. For small melt volumes, optimized melting conditions have been identified that enable the absorption at the OH peak at 3.3 µm to be reduced by more than an order of magnitude compared with glasses melted in open air. Annealing and dehydration of tellurite glass in open air was found not to change the OH content. The loss of optical fibers drawn from extruded rods was reduced from ~20 dB/m at 2.0 µm for glass melted in open air to 0.8 dB/m for glass melted in dry atmosphere.

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1. G. Qin, M. Liao, C. Chaudhari, X. Yan, C. Kito, T. Suzuki, and Y. Ohishi, “Second and third harmonics and flattened supercontinuum generation in tellurite microstructured fibers,” Opt. Lett.35(1), 58–60 (2010), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-35-1-58 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
2. G. Qin, X. Yan, C. Kito, M. Liao, T. Suzuki, A. Mori, and Y. Ohishi, “Zero-dispersion-wavelength-decreasing tellurite microstructured fiber for wide and flattened supercontinuum generation,” Opt. Lett.35(2), 136–138 (2010), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-35-2-136 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
3. G. Qin, X. Yan, C. Kito, M. Liao, T. Suzuki, A. Mori, and Y. Ohishi, “Highly nonlinear tellurite microstructured fibers for broadband wavelength conversion and flattened supercontinuum generation,” J. Appl. Phys.107(4), 043108 (2010). [CrossRef]
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5. M. Liao, X. Yan, G. Qin, C. Chaudhari, T. Suzuki, and Y. Ohishi, “A highly non-linear tellurite microstructure fiber with multi-ring holes for supercontinuum generation,” Opt. Express17(18), 15481–15490 (2009), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-18-15481 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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10. G. Qin, A. Mori, and Y. Ohishi, “Brillouin lasing in a single-mode tellurite fiber,” Opt. Lett.32(15), 2179–2181 (2007), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-32-15-2179 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
11. G. Qin, R. Jose, and Y. Ohishi, “Design of ultimate gain-flattened O-, E-, and S+ C+ L ultrabroadband fiber amplifiers using a new fiber Raman gain medium,” J. Lightwave Technol.25(9), 2727–2738 (2007). [CrossRef]
12. G. Qin, M. Liao, T. Suzuki, A. Mori, and Y. Ohishi, “Widely tunable ring-cavity tellurite fiber Raman laser,” Opt. Lett.33(17), 2014–2016 (2008), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-33-17-2014 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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15. F. Fusari, A. A. Lagatsky, G. Jose, S. Calvez, A. Jha, M. D. Dawson, J. A. Gupta, W. Sibbett, and C. T. A. Brown, “Femtosecond mode-locked Tm3+ and Tm3+-Ho3+ doped 2 μm glass lasers,” Opt. Express18(21), 22090–22098 (2010), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-21-22090 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
16. K. Li, G. Zhang, and L. Hu, “Watt-level ~2 μm laser output in Tm3+-doped tungsten tellurite glass double-cladding fiber,” Opt. Lett.35(24), 4136–4138 (2010), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-35-24-4136 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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18. B. Richards, Y. Tsang, D. Binks, J. Lousteau, and A. Jha, “Efficient ~2 μm Tm3+-doped tellurite fiber laser,” Opt. Lett.33(4), 402–404 (2008), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-33-4-402 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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24. A. Lin, A. Ryasnyanskiy, and J. Toulouse, “Fabrication and characterization of a water-free mid-infrared fluorotellurite glass,” Opt. Lett.36(5), 740–742 (2011), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-36-5-740 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
25. G. Liao, Q. Chen, J. Xing, H. Gebavi, D. Milanese, M. Fokine, and M. Ferraris, “Preparation and characterization of new fluorotellurite glasses for photonics application,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids355(7), 447–452 (2009). [CrossRef]
26. M. D. O’Donnell, C. A. Miller, D. Furniss, V. K. Tikhomirov, and A. B. Seddon, “Fluorotellurite glasses with improved mid-infrared transmission,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids331(1-3), 48–57 (2003). [CrossRef]
27. J. Massera, A. Haldeman, J. Jackson, C. Rivero-Baleine, L. Petit, and K. Richardson, “Processing of tellurite-based glass with low OH content,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc.94(1), 130–136 (2011). [CrossRef]
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30. A. Lin, A. Zhang, E. J. Bushong, and J. Toulouse, “Solid-core tellurite glass fiber for infrared and nonlinear applications,” Opt. Express17(19), 16716–16721 (2009), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-19-16716 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
31. X. Feng, S. Tanabe, and T. Hanada, “Hydroxyl groups in erbium-doped germane-tellurite glasses,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids281(1-3), 48–54 (2001). [CrossRef]
32. A. N. Moiseev, V. V. Dorofeev, A. V. Chilyasov, I. A. Kraev, M. F. Churbanov, T. V. Kotereva, V. G. Pimenov, G. E. Snopatin, A. A. Pushkin, V. V. Gerasimenko, A. F. Kosolapov, V. G. Plotnichenko, and E. M. Dianov, “Production and properties of high purity TeO2–ZnO–Na2O–Bi2O3and TeO2–WO3–La2O3–MoO3 glasses,” Opt. Mater.33(12), 1858–1861 (2011). [CrossRef]
33. M. F. Churbanov, A. N. Moiseev, A. V. Chilyasov, V. V. Dorofeev, I. A. Kraev, M. M. Lipatova, T. V. Kotereva, E. M. Dianov, V. G. Plotnichenko, and E. B. Kryukova, “Production of high-purity TeO2-ZnO and TeO2-WO3 glasses with reduced content of OH groups,” J. Optoelectron. Adv. Mater.9, 3229–3234 (2007).
34. M. R. Oermann, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, D. J. Ottaway, D. G. Lancaster, P. J. Veitch, and T. M. Monro, “Extruded microstructured tellurite fibre lasers,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. (to be published).
35. H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, R. C. Moore, and T. M. Monro, “Progress in the fabrication of the next-generation soft glass microstructured optical fibers,” in Proc. 1st International Workshop on Speciality Optical Fibers, Sao Pedro, Brazil, Aug 2008.
36. H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem and T. M. Monro, “Extrusion of complex preforms for microstructured optical fibers,” Opt. Express15(23), 15086–15092 (2007), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-23-15086 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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38. S. Blanchandin, P. Marchet, P. Thomas, J. C. Champarnaud-Mesjard, B. Frit, and A. Chagraoui, “New investigations within the TeO2-WO3 system: phase equilibrium diagram and glass crystallization,” J. Mater. Sci.34(17), 4285–4292 (1999). [CrossRef]
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Annu. Rev. Mater. Res.

• T. M. Monro and H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, “Progress in microstructured optical fibers,” Annu. Rev. Mater. Res.36(1), 467–495 (2006). [CrossRef]

Appl. Phys. Lett.

• D. Buccoliero, H. Steffensen, O. Bang, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, and T. M. Monro, “Thulium pumped high power supercontinuum in loss-determined optimum lengths of tellurite photonic crystal fiber,” Appl. Phys. Lett.97(6), 061106 (2010). [CrossRef]

Electron. Lett.

• A. Mori, K. Kobayashi, M. Yamada, T. Kanamori, K. Oikawa, Y. Nishida, and Y. Ohishi, “Low noise broadband tellurite-based Er3+-doped fibre amplifiers,” Electron. Lett.34(9), 887–888 (1998). [CrossRef]

Glastech. Ber.

• H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem and D. Ehrt, “Determination of the OH content of glasses,” Glastech. Ber.68, 139146 (1995).

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

• J. Dong, Y. Q. Wei, A. Wonfor, R. V. Penty, I. H. White, J. Lousteau, G. Jose, and A. Jha, “Dual-pumped tellurite fiber amplifier and tunable. laser using Er /Ce codoping scheme,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.23(11), 736–738 (2011). [CrossRef]
• M. R. Oermann, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, D. J. Ottaway, D. G. Lancaster, P. J. Veitch, and T. M. Monro, “Extruded microstructured tellurite fibre lasers,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. (to be published).

Inorg. Mater.

• E. V. Zorin, M. F. Churbanov, G. E. Snopatin, I. A. Grishin, T. A. Petrova, and V. G. Plotnichenko, “Microinhomogeneities in tellurite glasses,” Inorg. Mater.41(7), 775–778 (2005). [CrossRef]

Int. J. Appl. Glass. Sci.

• K. Richardson, D. Krol, and K. Hirao, “Glasses for photonic applications,” Int. J. Appl. Glass. Sci.1(1), 74–86 (2010). [CrossRef]

J. Am. Ceram. Soc.

• J. Massera, A. Haldeman, J. Jackson, C. Rivero-Baleine, L. Petit, and K. Richardson, “Processing of tellurite-based glass with low OH content,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc.94(1), 130–136 (2011). [CrossRef]

J. Appl. Phys.

• G. Qin, X. Yan, C. Kito, M. Liao, T. Suzuki, A. Mori, and Y. Ohishi, “Highly nonlinear tellurite microstructured fibers for broadband wavelength conversion and flattened supercontinuum generation,” J. Appl. Phys.107(4), 043108 (2010). [CrossRef]

J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn.

• A. Mori, “Tellurite-based fibers and their applications to optical communication networks,” J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn.116(1358), 1040–1051 (2008). [CrossRef]

J. Lightwave Technol.

• G. Qin, R. Jose, and Y. Ohishi, “Design of ultimate gain-flattened O-, E-, and S+ C+ L ultrabroadband fiber amplifiers using a new fiber Raman gain medium,” J. Lightwave Technol.25(9), 2727–2738 (2007). [CrossRef]
• A. Mori, H. Masuda, K. Shikano, and M. Shimizu, “Ultra-wide-band tellurite-based fiber Raman amplifier,” J. Lightwave Technol.21(5), 1300–1306 (2003). [CrossRef]

J. Mater. Sci.

• S. Blanchandin, P. Marchet, P. Thomas, J. C. Champarnaud-Mesjard, B. Frit, and A. Chagraoui, “New investigations within the TeO2-WO3 system: phase equilibrium diagram and glass crystallization,” J. Mater. Sci.34(17), 4285–4292 (1999). [CrossRef]

J. Non-Cryst. Solids

• C. A. Click, R. K. Brow, P. R. Ehrmann, and J. H. Campbell, “Characterization of Pt4+ in alumino-metaphosphate laser glasses,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids319(1-2), 95–108 (2003). [CrossRef]
• H. Gebavi, D. Milanese, G. Liao, Q. Chen, M. Ferraris, M. Ivanda, O. Gamulin, and S. Taccheo, “Spectroscopic investigation and optical characterization of novel highly thulium doped tellurite glasses,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids355(9), 548–555 (2009). [CrossRef]
• G. Liao, Q. Chen, J. Xing, H. Gebavi, D. Milanese, M. Fokine, and M. Ferraris, “Preparation and characterization of new fluorotellurite glasses for photonics application,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids355(7), 447–452 (2009). [CrossRef]
• M. D. O’Donnell, C. A. Miller, D. Furniss, V. K. Tikhomirov, and A. B. Seddon, “Fluorotellurite glasses with improved mid-infrared transmission,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids331(1-3), 48–57 (2003). [CrossRef]
• X. Feng, S. Tanabe, and T. Hanada, “Hydroxyl groups in erbium-doped germane-tellurite glasses,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids281(1-3), 48–54 (2001). [CrossRef]

J. Optoelectron. Adv. Mater.

• M. F. Churbanov, A. N. Moiseev, A. V. Chilyasov, V. V. Dorofeev, I. A. Kraev, M. M. Lipatova, T. V. Kotereva, E. M. Dianov, V. G. Plotnichenko, and E. B. Kryukova, “Production of high-purity TeO2-ZnO and TeO2-WO3 glasses with reduced content of OH groups,” J. Optoelectron. Adv. Mater.9, 3229–3234 (2007).

Opt. Express

• H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem and T. M. Monro, “Extrusion of complex preforms for microstructured optical fibers,” Opt. Express15(23), 15086–15092 (2007), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-23-15086 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• A. Lin, A. Zhang, E. J. Bushong, and J. Toulouse, “Solid-core tellurite glass fiber for infrared and nonlinear applications,” Opt. Express17(19), 16716–16721 (2009), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-19-16716 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• M. R. Oermann, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Y. Li, T.-C. Foo, and T. M. Monro, “Index matching between passive and active tellurite glasses for use in microstructured fiber lasers: erbium doped lanthanum-tellurite glass,” Opt. Express17(18), 15578–15584 (2009), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-18-15578 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• Y. Tsang, B. Richards, D. Binks, J. Lousteau, and A. Jha, “A Yb3+/Tm3+/Ho3+ triply-doped tellurite fibre laser,” Opt. Express16(14), 10690–10695 (2008), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-14-10690 . [CrossRef]
• F. Fusari, A. A. Lagatsky, G. Jose, S. Calvez, A. Jha, M. D. Dawson, J. A. Gupta, W. Sibbett, and C. T. A. Brown, “Femtosecond mode-locked Tm3+ and Tm3+-Ho3+ doped 2 μm glass lasers,” Opt. Express18(21), 22090–22098 (2010), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-21-22090 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• M. Liao, C. Chaudhari, G. Qin, X. Yan, T. Suzuki, and Y. Ohishi, “Tellurite microstructure fibers with small hexagonal core for supercontinuum generation,” Opt. Express17(14), 12174–12182 (2009), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-14-12174 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• M. Liao, X. Yan, G. Qin, C. Chaudhari, T. Suzuki, and Y. Ohishi, “A highly non-linear tellurite microstructure fiber with multi-ring holes for supercontinuum generation,” Opt. Express17(18), 15481–15490 (2009), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-18-15481 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• P. Domachuk, N. A. Wolchover, M. Cronin-Golomb, A. Wang, A. K. George, C. M. B. Cordeiro, J. C. Knight, and F. G. Omenetto, “Over 4000 nm bandwidth of mid-IR supercontinuum generation in sub-centimeter segments of highly nonlinear tellurite PCFs,” Opt. Express16(10), 7161–7168 (2008), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-10-7161 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• X. Feng, W. H. Loh, J. C. Flanagan, A. Camerlingo, S. Dasgupta, P. Petropoulos, P. Horak, K. E. Frampton, N. M. White, J. H. V. Price, H. N. Rutt, and D. J. Richardson, “Single-mode tellurite glass holey fiber with extremely large mode area for infrared nonlinear applications,” Opt. Express16(18), 13651–13656 (2008), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-18-13651 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• D. Buccoliero, H. Steffensen, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, T. M. Monro, and O. Bang, “Midinfrared optical rogue waves in soft glass photonic crystal fiber,” Opt. Express19(19), 17973–17978 (2011), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-19-17973 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

• G. Qin, A. Mori, and Y. Ohishi, “Brillouin lasing in a single-mode tellurite fiber,” Opt. Lett.32(15), 2179–2181 (2007), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-32-15-2179 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• G. Qin, M. Liao, C. Chaudhari, X. Yan, C. Kito, T. Suzuki, and Y. Ohishi, “Second and third harmonics and flattened supercontinuum generation in tellurite microstructured fibers,” Opt. Lett.35(1), 58–60 (2010), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-35-1-58 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• G. Qin, X. Yan, C. Kito, M. Liao, T. Suzuki, A. Mori, and Y. Ohishi, “Zero-dispersion-wavelength-decreasing tellurite microstructured fiber for wide and flattened supercontinuum generation,” Opt. Lett.35(2), 136–138 (2010), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-35-2-136 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• K. Li, G. Zhang, and L. Hu, “Watt-level ~2 μm laser output in Tm3+-doped tungsten tellurite glass double-cladding fiber,” Opt. Lett.35(24), 4136–4138 (2010), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-35-24-4136 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• G. Qin, M. Liao, T. Suzuki, A. Mori, and Y. Ohishi, “Widely tunable ring-cavity tellurite fiber Raman laser,” Opt. Lett.33(17), 2014–2016 (2008), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-33-17-2014 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• B. Richards, Y. Tsang, D. Binks, J. Lousteau, and A. Jha, “Efficient ~2 μm Tm3+-doped tellurite fiber laser,” Opt. Lett.33(4), 402–404 (2008), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-33-4-402 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• A. Lin, A. Ryasnyanskiy, and J. Toulouse, “Fabrication and characterization of a water-free mid-infrared fluorotellurite glass,” Opt. Lett.36(5), 740–742 (2011), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-36-5-740 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Mater.

• J. S. Wang, E. M. Vogel, and E. Snitzer, “Tellurite glass: new candidate for fiber devices,” Opt. Mater.3(3), 187–203 (1994). [CrossRef]
• A. N. Moiseev, V. V. Dorofeev, A. V. Chilyasov, I. A. Kraev, M. F. Churbanov, T. V. Kotereva, V. G. Pimenov, G. E. Snopatin, A. A. Pushkin, V. V. Gerasimenko, A. F. Kosolapov, V. G. Plotnichenko, and E. M. Dianov, “Production and properties of high purity TeO2–ZnO–Na2O–Bi2O3and TeO2–WO3–La2O3–MoO3 glasses,” Opt. Mater.33(12), 1858–1861 (2011). [CrossRef]

Other

• H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, R. C. Moore, and T. M. Monro, “Progress in the fabrication of the next-generation soft glass microstructured optical fibers,” in Proc. 1st International Workshop on Speciality Optical Fibers, Sao Pedro, Brazil, Aug 2008.

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