Prof. Angela B. Seddon Profile

Prof. Angela B. Seddon

Head of Mid-IR Photonics Group at Univ of Nottingham

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Publications (39)

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | May 17, 2018

Comparative study of infrared fiber laser models

Proc. SPIE. 10683, Fiber Lasers and Glass Photonics: Materials through Applications

KEYWORDS: Chalcogenide glass, Glasses, Ions, Laser development, Fiber lasers, Infrared lasers, Software development, Infrared radiation, Dysprosium, Lanthanides

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | September 1, 2017

A study of MIR photoluminescence from Pr3+ doped chalcogenide fibers pumped at near-infrared wavelengths

Proc. SPIE. 10455, 12th Conference on Integrated Optics: Sensors, Sensing Structures, and Methods

KEYWORDS: Mid-IR, Chalcogenide glass, Light sources, Luminescence, Chalcogenides

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | October 25, 2016

Mid-infrared (MIR) photonics: MIR passive and active fiberoptics chemical and biomedical, sensing and imaging

Proc. SPIE. 9992, Emerging Imaging and Sensing Technologies

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Mid-IR, Chalcogenide glass, Fiber optics, Sensors, Glasses, Spectroscopy, Fiber lasers, Biological and chemical sensing, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 7, 2016

Towards supercontinuum-driven hyperspectral microscopy in the mid-infrared

Proc. SPIE. 9703, Optical Biopsy XIV: Toward Real-Time Spectroscopic Imaging and Diagnosis

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Mid-IR, Microscopes, Tunable lasers, FT-IR spectroscopy, Imaging systems, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Microscopy, Chalcogenides, Imaging spectroscopy, Supercontinuum sources, Synchrotrons

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 7, 2016

Towards the mid-infrared optical biopsy

Proc. SPIE. 9703, Optical Biopsy XIV: Toward Real-Time Spectroscopic Imaging and Diagnosis

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Mid-IR, Chalcogenide glass, Biomedical optics, Cancer, Fiber optics, Tissues, Surgery, Medical diagnostics, Spectroscopy, Fiber lasers, Biopsy, Photonics, In vivo imaging, Tissue optics

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 7, 2016

Ge-Sb-Se glass fiber-optics for in-vivo mid-infrared optical biopsy

Proc. SPIE. 9703, Optical Biopsy XIV: Toward Real-Time Spectroscopic Imaging and Diagnosis

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Mid-IR, Chalcogenide glass, Light sources, Cancer, Fiber optics, Glasses, Crystals, Germanium, Biopsy, Black bodies, In vivo imaging, Tissue optics, Neodymium

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 7, 2016

Towards mid-infrared fiber-optic devices and systems for sensing, mapping and imaging

Proc. SPIE. 9702, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XVI

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Chalcogenide glass, Borosilicate glass, Cladding, Glasses, Sensing systems, Supercontinuum generation, Sodium, Protactinium, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | February 20, 2015

Photoluminescence of some chalcogenide glasses doped with rare-earth ions

Proc. SPIE. 9258, Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnologies VII

KEYWORDS: Chalcogenide glass, Electronics, Continuous wave operation, Argon, Glasses, Luminescence, Energy transfer, Ions, Temperature metrology, Absorption

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SPIE Journal Paper | June 4, 2014

Mid-infrared integrated optics: versatile hot embossing of mid-infrared glasses for on-chip planar waveguides for molecular sensing

Angela Seddon, Nabil Abdel-Moneim, Lian Zhang, Wei Pan, David Furniss, Christopher Mellor, Tomas Kohoutek, Jiri Orava, Tomas Wagner, Trevor Benson

OE Vol. 53 Issue 07

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Glasses, Mid-IR, Chalcogenide glass, Integrated optics, Silicon, Photonics, Thin films, Refractive index, Planar waveguides

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | February 20, 2014

Towards mid-infrared fiber-lasers: rare earth ion doped, indium-containing, selenide bulk glasses and fiber

Proc. SPIE. 8938, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XIV

KEYWORDS: Mid-IR, Chalcogenide glass, Optical filters, FT-IR spectroscopy, Glasses, Ions, Indium, Phonons, Gallium, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | February 20, 2014

Towards mid-infrared supercontinuum generation: Ge-Sb-Se mid-infrared step-index small-core optical fiber

Proc. SPIE. 8938, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XIV

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Mid-IR, Chalcogenide glass, Cancer, Cladding, Glasses, Germanium, Supercontinuum generation, Selenium, Antimony

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SPIE Journal Paper | February 4, 2014

Nonlinear optical response and heating of chalcogenide glasses upon irradiation by the ultrashort laser pulses

Elena Romanova, Yulia Kuzyutkina, Andrey Konyukhov, Nabil Abdel-Moneim, Angela Seddon, Trevor Benson, Stéphane Guizard, Alexandros Mouskeftaras

OE Vol. 53 Issue 07

KEYWORDS: Glasses, Absorption, Chalcogenide glass, Selenium, Electrons, Semiconductors, Crystals, Plasma, Phase shifts, Ultrafast phenomena

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 20, 2013

Potential for using mid-infrared light for non-invasive, early-detection of skin cancers in vivo

Proc. SPIE. 8576, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XIII

KEYWORDS: Mid-IR, Cancer, Fiber optics, Tissues, Spectroscopy, Skin, Skin cancer, Raman spectroscopy, In vivo imaging, Tissue optics

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | January 30, 2012

Chalcogenide glass fibreoptics for new mid-infrared medical endoscopy

Proc. SPIE. 8218, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications XII

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Mid-IR, Chalcogenide glass, Tissues, Spectroscopy, Fiber lasers, Raman spectroscopy, Tissue optics, Light, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | February 16, 2011

The effect of the nature of the rare earth additive on chalcogenide glass stability

Proc. SPIE. 7912, Solid State Lasers XX: Technology and Devices

KEYWORDS: Mid-IR, Chalcogenide glass, FT-IR spectroscopy, Silica, Glasses, Crystals, Ions, Fiber lasers, Dysprosium, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | February 12, 2010

Review: Tg - reversible glass door to fabrication of photonic devices and integrated circuits

Proc. SPIE. 7604, Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XIV

KEYWORDS: Chalcogenide glass, Thin films, Photonic devices, Refractive index, Waveguides, Glasses, Crystals, Photonic crystals, Photonic integrated circuits, Liquids

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | February 22, 2008

Review: fine embossing of novel glasses for photonic integrated circuits

Proc. SPIE. 6890, Optical Components and Materials V

KEYWORDS: Chalcogenide glass, Refractive index, Silica, Waveguides, Glasses, Gallium arsenide, Silicon, Photonic integrated circuits, Photomicroscopy, Semiconducting wafers

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | February 7, 2008

The application of the mid-infrared spectral region in medical surgery: chalcogenide glass optical fibre for 10.6 micron laser transmission

Proc. SPIE. 6852, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics and Treatment Applications VIII

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Chalcogenide glass, Laser therapeutics, Laser vision correction, Glasses, Germanium, Carbon dioxide lasers, Arsenic, Charged particle optics, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | June 12, 2007

Rare-earth doped transparent nano-glass-ceramics: a new generation of photonic integrated devices

Proc. SPIE. 6593, Photonic Materials, Devices, and Applications II

KEYWORDS: Photonic devices, Optical amplifiers, Glasses, Luminescence, Ions, Ytterbium, Erbium, Thulium, Optical recording, Fluorine

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | May 31, 2007

Absorption and photoluminescence of Ga-La-S:O and Ga-Ge-As-S glasses doped with rare-earth ions

Proc. SPIE. 6635, Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnologies III

KEYWORDS: Visible radiation, Glasses, Luminescence, Energy transfer, Ions, Oxygen, Dysprosium, Holmium, Praseodymium, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | April 20, 2006

Photonic integrated circuits based on novel glass waveguides and devices

Proc. SPIE. 6183, Integrated Optics, Silicon Photonics, and Photonic Integrated Circuits

KEYWORDS: Fabrication, Refractive index, Waveguides, Fiber optic gyroscopes, Metals, Glasses, Germanium, Integrated optics, Photonic integrated circuits, Selenium

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | February 24, 2006

Large core, single-mode glass-based waveguides for photonic integrated circuits

Proc. SPIE. 6123, Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies X

KEYWORDS: Refractive index, Polishing, Waveguides, Fiber optic gyroscopes, Glasses, Dielectrics, Light scattering, Structured optical fibers, Telecommunications, Photonic integrated circuits

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | June 10, 2004

Chalcogenide glass films for the bonding of GaAs optical parametric oscillator elements

Proc. SPIE. 5273, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2003

KEYWORDS: Refractive index, Glasses, Crystals, Germanium, Gallium arsenide, Coating, Selenium, Semiconducting wafers, Tellurium, Absorption

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SPIE Journal Paper | October 1, 2003

Characterization of ion-exchanged waveguides in tungsten tellurite and zinc tellurite Er³⁺-doped glasses

Gualtiero Nunzi Conti, Victor Tikhomirov, Marco Bettinelli, S. Berneschi, Massimo Brenci, Baojiu Chen, Stefano Pelli, Adolfo Speghini, Angela Seddon, Giancarlo Righini

OE Vol. 42 Issue 10

KEYWORDS: Glasses, Erbium, Waveguides, Diffusion, Sodium, Absorption, Ions, Ion exchange, Refractive index, Tungsten

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | June 17, 2003

Ion-exchanged planar waveguides in different ER3+-doped tellurite glasses

Proc. SPIE. 4990, Rare-Earth-Doped Materials and Devices VII

KEYWORDS: Refractive index, Prisms, Waveguides, Glasses, Ions, Diffusion, Erbium, Planar waveguides, Chemical analysis, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | April 29, 2003

Er3+-doped ultratransparent oxyfluoride glass-ceramics for application in the 1.54 micron telecommunication window

Proc. SPIE. 5118, Nanotechnology

KEYWORDS: Optical amplifiers, Glasses, Crystals, Heat treatments, Wavelength division multiplexing, Telecommunications, Solids, Erbium, Lead, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | July 12, 2002

Spectroscopic studies of bulk AS2S3 glasses and amorphous films doped with Dy, Sm and Mn

Proc. SPIE. 4766, XI Feofilov Symposium on Spectroscopy of Crystals Activated by Rare-Earth and Transition Metal Ions

KEYWORDS: Metals, Glasses, Annealing, Ions, Reflectivity, Raman spectroscopy, Dysprosium, Manganese, Samarium, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | June 29, 2001

Optical properties of As2S3 and As2Se3 glasses doped with Dy, Sm, and Mn

Proc. SPIE. 4430, ROMOPTO 2000: Sixth Conference on Optics

KEYWORDS: Chalcogenide glass, Chemical species, Metals, Glasses, Doping, Dysprosium, Manganese, Samarium, Tin, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | April 16, 2001

GaLaS optical fibers: thermo-optical properties and fiber drawing

Proc. SPIE. 4215, Optical Fiber and Fiber Component Mechanical Reliability and Testing

KEYWORDS: Oxides, Optical fibers, Visible radiation, Glasses, Spectroscopy, Crystals, Resistance, Lanthanum, Temperature metrology, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | May 2, 2000

Structural changes during thermally induced polymerization of ormosil films from trimethoxysilylpropylmethacrylate and zirconium-n-propoxide modified with methacrylic acid

Proc. SPIE. 3943, Sol-Gel Optics V

KEYWORDS: Mid-IR, Near infrared, Thin films, Refractive index, Waveguides, Polymers, Water, Silicon, Polymerization, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | December 10, 1999

Gallium-lanthanum-sulphide glasses: extrusion of fiber optic preforms and relevant physical properties

Proc. SPIE. 3849, Infrared Optical Fibers and Their Applications

KEYWORDS: Oxides, Refractive index, Prisms, Polishing, Glasses, Crystals, Oxygen, Lanthanum, Protactinium, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | September 28, 1998

Extrusion method for making fiber optic preforms of special glasses

Proc. SPIE. 3416, Infrared Glass Optical Fibers and Their Applications

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | July 6, 1998

Properties of ormosil slab waveguides based on sol-gel precursors tetramethoxysilane and trimethoxysilylpropylmethacrylate

Proc. SPIE. 3469, Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Photonics

KEYWORDS: Refractive index, Prisms, Silica, Waveguides, Dispersion, Glasses, Coating, Sol-gels, Zirconium, Time multiplexed optical shutter

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | October 2, 1997

Cadmium selenide quantum dot doping of organic-inorganic hybrid materials derived by sol-gel processing

Proc. SPIE. 3136, Sol-Gel Optics IV

KEYWORDS: Semiconductors, Visible radiation, Cadmium, Quantum dots, Absorption spectroscopy, Chemical analysis, Sol-gels, Silicates, Selenium, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | July 29, 1997

Potential of organic-inorganic hybrid materials derived by sol-gel for photonic applications

Proc. SPIE. 10290, Sol-Gel and Polymer Photonic Devices: A Critical Review

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Sol-gels, Organic hybrid materials

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | October 13, 1994

Characteristics of dye-doped ormosil lasers

Proc. SPIE. 2288, Sol-Gel Optics III

KEYWORDS: Glasses, Luminescence, Dye lasers, Molecules, Nd:YAG lasers, Solid state lasers, Dysprosium, Laser damage threshold, Sol-gels, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | October 13, 1994

Third-order nonlinear optical properties of metal dithiolene- and phthalocyanine-doped sol-gel materials

Proc. SPIE. 2288, Sol-Gel Optics III

KEYWORDS: Phase conjugation, Polishing, Metals, Glasses, Nickel, Nonlinear optics, Laser damage threshold, Sol-gels, Optical limiting, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | October 13, 1994

Optical properties and structure of a new, low-loss, hybrid organic-inorganic host material for molecular dopants

Proc. SPIE. 2288, Sol-Gel Optics III

KEYWORDS: Near infrared, Visible radiation, Optical properties, Dye lasers, Molecules, Nonlinear optics, Sol-gels, Photomicroscopy, Time multiplexed optical shutter, Absorption

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | August 1, 1991

Low-temperature viscosity measurements of infrared transmitting halide glasses

Proc. SPIE. 1513, Glasses for Optoelectronics II

KEYWORDS: Silica, Glasses, Error analysis, Crystals, Nitrogen, Optoelectronics, Infrared radiation, Standards development, Temperature metrology, Protactinium

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