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Abahreh N, Abdul Sani S, Ismail S, Fernando LE, Tamchek N, Karim JA, Almugren K, Roslan NA, Shafiqah AS, Bradley D. Thermoluminescence yield of neutron irradiated Gd:Mg-Doped silica glass. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2022.110522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Fadzil MSA, Ung NM, Dolah MT, Abdullah N, Tamchek N, Noor NM. Quantitative uncertainty analysis in the calibration coefficients of GeDCOF and TLD-100 for absorbed dose measurement to water in megavoltage photon beams. J Med Imaging Radiat Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmir.2022.10.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Ismail SS, Sani SFA, Khandaker MU, Tamchek N, Karim JA, Almugren KS, Alkallas FH, Shafiqah ASS, Bradley DA. Dosimetric characteristics of Gd-doped silica glass subjected to neutron and gamma irradiations. Appl Radiat Isot 2022; 189:110409. [PMID: 36037726 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The dosimetric characteristics of newly developed gadolinium (Gd) glass dosimeter produced via sol-gel method are reported. Irradiation were made using a 750 kW neutron flux thermal power and 1.25 MeV 60Co gamma rays with entrance doses from 2 to 10 Gy. Investigation has been done on various Gd dopant concentrations, ranging from 1 to 10 mol%. The Gd-doped silica glass have been characterised for thermoluminescence (TL) dose response, sensitivity, linearity index, glow curve and kinetic parameter analysis. For particular dopant concentration obtained in 6 mol% Gd, the least squares fit shows the change in TL yield, correlation coefficient (r2) of better than 0.980 (at 95% confidence level), with neutron and gamma exposure to be 8 and 4 times greater than that of 1 mol% Gd, respectively. Broad peaks in the absence of any sharp peak observed in the glow curve confirms the amorphous nature of the prepared glass. A glow curve of Gd-doped SiO2 sample is observed with a single prominent peak (Tm) within 200-250 °C (peak shifting appears with respect to the increment of dopant concentration) and 350 °C (for all respective Gd dopants) for neutron and gamma irradiations, respectively. Deconvolution shows the glow curves of the Gd-doped SiO2 glass to be formed of seven and five overlapping peaks, with figures of merit below 2% (FOM) of between 1.38-1.79 and 1.30-1.97 for the particular neutron and gamma irradiations, respectively. Through use of Glowfit deconvolution software, the key trapping parameters of activation energy, E and frequency factor, s-1 were calculated for the Gd-doped SiO2 glass. The mechanism of TL yield with the gradual increase in Gd concentrations and doses is explained upon the incorporation of Gd and radiation damage that change the structure of the electron traps in the glass matrix. These early results indicate that selectively screened Gd-SiO2 glass can be developed into a promising TL system towards dosimetric applications.
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- S S Ismail
- Centre for Applied Physics and Radiation Technologies, School of Medical and Life Science, 47500, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Centre for Applied Physics and Radiation Technologies, School of Medical and Life Science, 47500, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia; Department of General Educational Deveopment, Faculty of science and Information Technology, Daffodil International University, DIU Rd, Dhaka 1341, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Nuclear and Reactor Physics Section, Nuclear Technology Center, Technical Support Division, Malaysian Nuclear Agency, Kajang, Malaysia
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- Department of Physics, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Dept of Physics, Kuliyyah of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia, 25200, Kuantan, Malaysia
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- Centre for Applied Physics and Radiation Technologies, School of Medical and Life Science, 47500, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia; Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
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Bajuri F, Bradley D, Mustafa S, Tamchek N, Ahmad Saad F, Mazlan N, Mohd Noor N. Morphology and thermoluminescence characteristics of customised Ge-doped optical fibre under Am–Be neutron source as a potential to be used for space radiation detector. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2022.110378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Fadzil M, Noor N, Tamchek N, Ung N, Abdullah N, Dolah M, Bradley D. A cross-validation study of Ge-doped silica optical fibres and TLD-100 systems for high energy photon dosimetry audit under non-reference conditions. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2022.110232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Ismail S, Abdul Sani S, Khandaker M, Tamchek N, Ridzuan C, Karim JA, Almugren K, Alkallas F, Bradley D. Effect of neutron exposure on structural and optical properties of tailor-made Gd-Doped SiO2 glass. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2021.109654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Zainol Abidin NH, Abu Bakar MH, Tamchek N, Mahamd Adikan FR, Mahdi MA. Pump distribution effect in dual-wavelength Raman-erbium random distributed feedback fiber laser. Opt Express 2018; 26:15411-15419. [PMID: 30114803 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.015411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This work demonstrates a simple dual-wavelength random distributed feedback fiber laser via excitation of the Raman-erbium hybrid gain by a single pump source. Lasing wavelengths at 1568 nm and 1595 nm with 48.48 dBm maximum OSNR were generated without the need for physical reflectors. Enhancements were performed using pump power distribution and a seeded feedback to reduce the peak disparity to only 0.16 dB. The long cavity hybrid random laser with its balanced and broadly spaced dual-wavelength output offers immense potential for long distance dual laser applications.
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Bradley D, Siti Shafiqah A, Siti Rozaila Z, Sabtu SN, Abdul Sani S, Alanazi AH, Jafari S, Amouzad Mahdiraji G, Mahamd Adikan F, Maah M, Nisbet A, Tamchek N, Abdul Rashid H, Alkhorayef M, Alzimami K. Developments in production of silica-based thermoluminescence dosimeters. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ahmad Fadzil M, Tamchek N, Ung N, Ariffin A, Abdullah N, Bradley D, Mohd Noor N. PO-0776: Thermoluminescence Characteristics of Fabricated Ge Doped Optical Fibre for Radiotherapy Dosimetry. Radiother Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(17)31213-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Razak NA, Hashim S, Mhareb MHA, Alajerami YSM, Azizan SA, Tamchek N. Impact of Eu3+ Ions on Physical and Optical Properties of Li2O-Na2O-B2O3 Glass. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2016. [DOI: 10.1063/1674-0068/29/cjcp1511226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Razak NA, Hashim S, Mhareb MHA, Tamchek N. Photoluminescence and thermoluminescence properties of Li₂O-Na₂O-B₂O₃ glass. LUMINESCENCE 2015; 31:754-9. [PMID: 26333749 DOI: 10.1002/bio.3020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Revised: 07/27/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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UNLABELLED Influence of Nd(3+) concentration on the optical and thermoluminescence (TL) properties of melt-annealed synthesized 10 Na2O: 20 Li2O: (70-x) B2O3 : xNd2O3, where 0.1≤ x ≤0.7 (LNB) glasses are determined. The absence of sharp peaks in X-ray diffraction patterns confirms the amorphous nature of the prepared glasses. The photoluminescence spectra under 800 nm laser excitations at room temperature exhibit three prominent peaks centred at 538, 603 and 675 nm corresponding to the transitions of (4)G(7/2) → (4)I(9/2), [(4)G(7/2) → (4)I(11/2), (4)G(5/2) → (4)I(9/2)] and [(4)G(7/2) → (4)I(13/2), (4)G(5/2) → (4)I(11/2)], respectively. The TL glow curve exhibits a prominent peak (T(m)) at 180°C. The best performance of the prepared glass was found at 0.5 mol% of Nd2O3. We achieved a good linearity of TL response against dose between 0.5 to 4.0 Gy. The calculated value of the effective atomic number, Z(eff), is 7.55 which is nearly tissue equivalent (Z(eff) = 7.42). These promising features demonstrate the capability of the aforementioned glass to be used as a radiation dosimeter. HIGHLIGHTS The thermoluminescence and optical properties of new compositions of lithium sodium borate glasses doped with Nd(3+) ions were reported. Attractive features were obtained from the TL, PL and UV-Vis light analysis. Three upconversion luminescences permitting green, orange and red emissions were observed.
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- N A Razak
- Department of Physics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
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- Department of Physics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
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- Department of Physics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.,Radiation Protection Directorate, Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission, 11183, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Alawiah A, Bauk S, Marashdeh M, Ng K, Abdul-Rashid H, Yusoff Z, Gieszczyk W, Noramaliza M, Mahdiraji G, Tamchek N, Muhd-Yassin S, Mat-Sharif K, Zulkifli M, Maah M, Che Omar S, Bradley D. Thermoluminescence glow curves and deconvoluted glow peaks of Ge doped flat fibers at ultra-high doses of electron radiation. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2015.04.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Alawiah A, Bauk S, Marashdeh MW, Nazura MZN, Abdul-Rashid HA, Yusoff Z, Gieszczyk W, Noramaliza MN, Adikan FRM, Mahdiraji GA, Tamchek N, Muhd-Yassin SZ, Mat-Sharif KA, Zulkifli MI, Omar N, Wan Abdullah WS, Bradley DA. The thermoluminescence glow curve and the deconvoluted glow peak characteristics of erbium doped silica fiber exposed to 70-130 kVp x-rays. Appl Radiat Isot 2015; 104:197-202. [PMID: 26188687 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2015] [Revised: 07/02/2015] [Accepted: 07/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In regard to thermoluminescence (TL) applied to dosimetry, in recent times a number of researchers have explored the role of optical fibers for radiation detection and measurement. Many of the studies have focused on the specific dopant concentration, the type of dopant and the fiber core diameter, all key dependencies in producing significant increase in the sensitivity of such fibers. At doses of less than 1 Gy none of these investigations have addressed the relationship between dose response and TL glow peak behavior of erbium (Er)-doped silica cylindrical fibers (CF). For x-rays obtained at accelerating potentials from 70 to 130 kVp, delivering doses of between 0.1 and 0.7 Gy, present study explores the issue of dose response, special attention being paid to determination of the kinetic parameters and dosimetric peak properties of Er-doped CF. The effect of dose response on the kinetic parameters of the glow peak has been compared against other fiber types, revealing previously misunderstood connections between kinetic parameters and radiation dose. Within the investigated dose range there was an absence of supralinearity of response of the Er-doped silica CF, instead sub-linear response being observed. Detailed examination of glow peak response and kinetic parameters has thus been shown to shed new light of the rarely acknowledged issue of the limitation of TL kinetic model and sub-linear dose response of Er-doped silica CF.
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- A Alawiah
- Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Multimedia University, 75450 Malacca, Malaysia.
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- Physics Department, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
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- Department of Physics, College of Science, Al Imam Mohammad Bin Saud Islamic University, Riyadh 11623, Saudi Arabia
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- Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Multimedia University, 75450 Malacca, Malaysia
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- Fiber Optics Research Center, Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, 20100 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Fiber Optics Research Center, Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, 20100 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Photonics Research Group, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Photonics Research Group, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Telekom Research & Development Sdn Bhd, Idea Tower, UPM-MTDC, Technology Incubation Center One, Lebuh Silikon, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Telekom Research & Development Sdn Bhd, Idea Tower, UPM-MTDC, Technology Incubation Center One, Lebuh Silikon, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Telekom Research & Development Sdn Bhd, Idea Tower, UPM-MTDC, Technology Incubation Center One, Lebuh Silikon, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Telekom Research & Development Sdn Bhd, Idea Tower, UPM-MTDC, Technology Incubation Center One, Lebuh Silikon, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Non-Ionizing Radiation, Nuclear Malaysia Agency, 43000 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom; Department of Physics, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Siti Shafiqah A, Amin Y, Md Nor R, Tamchek N, Bradley D. Enhanced TL response due to radiation induced defects in Ge-doped silica preforms. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2015.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Alawiah A, Bauk S, Abdul-Rashid H, Gieszczyk W, Hashim S, Mahdiraji G, Tamchek N, Bradley D. Potential application of pure silica optical flat fibers for radiation therapy dosimetry. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2014.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Tee DC, Tamchek N, Shee YG, Adikan FRM. Numerical investigation on cascaded 1 × 3 photonic crystal power splitter based on asymmetric and symmetric 1 × 2 photonic crystal splitters designed with flexible structural defects. Opt Express 2014; 22:24241-24255. [PMID: 25321999 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.024241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We propose a photonic crystal slab-based 1 × 3 power splitter with high output transmission and equal power distribution. It is designed by cascading an asymmetric 1 × 2 power splitter and a symmetric 1 × 2 power splitter. Desired equal power splitting is achieved by introducing and optimizing the splitting region of the 1 × 2 power splitters with flexible structural defects. Simulations were carried out by using 3-D Finite Difference Time Domain method showing equal normalized power distributions of 29.6%, 28.9% and 30.5% at 1550 nm optical wavelength. In addition, equal power splitting also takes place at 1561 nm.
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Dawaud RSES, Hashim S, Alajerami YSM, Mhareb M, Tamchek N. Optical and structural properties of lithium sodium borate glasses doped Dy3+ ions. J Mol Struct 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2014.06.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Lim LT, Yeo KS, Abu Bakar MH, Tamchek N, Mahdi MA. Extended nonlinear parametric process in anomalously pumped linear cavity oscillator. Opt Express 2014; 22:22190-22195. [PMID: 25321594 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.022190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We demonstrate a linear cavity fiber optical parametric oscillator with extended pump-signal separation of 14.3 THz (116 nm). The signal laser is provided by a pair of 1675nm fiber Bragg gratings and a tunable idler from 1456.12 nm to 1462.48 nm is generated by detuning the pump wavelength in the anomalous dispersion regime of a highly nonlinear fiber. At such large pump-signal separation, we are still able to record a parametric conversion efficiency of more than -35 dB and idler optical signal-to-noise-ratio of 50 dB on average. The stability of the lasing signal and idler is examined and result shows both signal and idler peak power fluctuation is less than 1 dB over a period of 30 minutes.
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Mohd Noor N, Kadni T, Faizal A, Tamchek N, Abdul Kadir A, Bradley D. EP-1444: Dosimetric characteristics of fabricated silica fiber in measuring beam output under non-reference conditions. Radiother Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)31562-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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