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(INVITED) On the evolution of nanoparticles in nanoparticle-doped optical fibers by Cahoon, Mary Ann, Meehan, Bailey, Hawkins, Thomas W., McMillen, Colin, Antonick, Paul, Riman, Richard E., Dragic, Peter D., Digonnet, Michel J.F., Ballato, John

“…The doping of dielectric nanoparticles (NPs) into the cores of silica fibers doped with a rare earth (RE) has proven to be an effective approach for…”
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Noise and Bias Error Due to Polarization Coupling in a Fiber Optic Gyroscope by Chamoun, Jacob Nemr, Digonnet, Michel J. F.

“…This paper reports a comprehensive model of the noise and drift induced by polarization coupling in a fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) interrogated with a laser of…”
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Double-Ring Resonator Optical Gyroscopes by Grant, Matthew J., Digonnet, Michel J. F.

“…A double-ring fiber resonator consists of two coplanar rings of approximately equal lengths closed upon themselves and coupled together with a 3 × 3 coupler…”
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Radiation-Balanced Silica Fiber Amplifier by Knall, Jennifer M., Engholm, Magnus, Boilard, Tommy, Bernier, Martin, Digonnet, Michel J. F.

“…We report what we believe to be the first radiation-balanced fiber amplifier-a device that provides optical gain while experiencing no temperature rise. The…”
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Advances in 2-μm Tm-doped mode-locked fiber lasers by Rudy, Charles W., Digonnet, Michel J.F., Byer, Robert L.

“…•We present a review of current mode-locked Tm-doped fiber laser systems.•Applications of these systems include medicine, sensing, machining and defense.•The…”
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Design of High-Power Radiation-Balanced Silica Fiber Lasers With a Doped Core and Cladding by Knall, Jennifer M., Digonnet, Michel J. F.

“…A model of laser cooling in a fiber with a doped cladding shows that a radiation-balanced fiber laser (RBFL) made of silica can produce substantial output…”
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A Low-Drift Laser-Driven FOG Suitable for Trans-Pacific Inertial Navigation by Wheeler, Jonathan M., Digonnet, Michel J. F.

“…We report a laser-driven fiber-optic gyroscope (FOG) with an angle random walk of 0.9 mdeg/√h, an Allan-deviation minimum of 4.9 mdeg/h, and an Allan-deviation…”
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Self-Aligning Optical MEMS Acoustic Sensors With nPa/√Hz Resolution by Afshar, Behrad Habib, Digonnet, Michel J. F.

“…A critical step in the large-scale assembly of optical interferometric microsensors is the ability to align their tiny interferometers reproducibly. We report…”
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Low-Drift Fiber-Optic Gyroscope Interrogated With Multiple Broadened Semiconductor Lasers by Jia, Hongxiang, Wheeler, Jonathan M., Iantosca, Taylor, Digonnet, Michel J. F.

“…We achieved the best performance reported so far for a laser-driven fiber-optic gyroscope (FOG), namely a measured angular random walk (ARW) of…”
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Broadened-Laser-Driven Polarization-Maintaining Hollow-Core Fiber Optic Gyroscope by Morris, Therice A., Digonnet, Michel J. F.

“…A state-of-the-art fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) using a 250-m quadrupolar-wound coil of polarization-maintaining hollow-core fiber (HCF) interrogated by a…”
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Optimizing Coherence Suppression in a Laser Broadened by Phase Modulation With Noise by Wheeler, Jonathan M., Chamoun, Jacob N., Digonnet, Michel J. F.

“…Phase noise can be modulated onto the output of a laser with an electro-optic phase modulator (EOM) to create a highly incoherent broadened source with low…”
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Discrete Model of Backscattering Drift in Fiber Optic Gyroscopes by Morris, Therice A., Digonnet, Michel J. F.

“…We present a new model of backscattering drift in a fiber-optic gyroscope (FOG) using square-wave modulation and demodulation and interrogated with light of…”
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Spring-Loaded Diaphragm-Based Fiber Acoustic Sensor by Afshar, Behrad Habib, Digonnet, Michel J. F.

“…We report a new fiber sensor utilizing a spring-loaded circular diaphragm to detect extremely weak acoustic waves. When exposed to an acoustic wave, the…”
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Analytic Method for Estimating Aircraft Fix Displacement From Gyroscope's Allan-Deviation Parameters by Wheeler, Jonathan M., Chamoun, Jacob N., Dangui, Vinayak, Digonnet, Michel J. F.

“…The noise and drift requirements for a navigation-grade gyroscope are widely known, yet there is no simple analytic model of how the noise and drift of a…”
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High-Resolution Slow-Light Fiber-Bragg-Grating Microphone and Hydrophone by Arora, Arushi, Zawada, Adele N., Bernier, Martin, Digonnet, Michel J.F.

“…This paper reports a slow-light fiber-Bragg-grating (FBG) pressure sensor that functions both as a microphone and a hydrophone and pushes the limit of acoustic…”
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Modular Aptamer Switches for the Continuous Optical Detection of Small‐Molecule Analytes in Complex Media by Hariri, Amani A., Cartwright, Alyssa P., Dory, Constantin, Gidi, Yasser, Yee, Steven, Thompson, Ian A. P., Fu, Kaiyu X., Yang, Kiyoul, Wu, Diana, Maganzini, Nicolò, Feagin, Trevor, Young, Brian E., Afshar, Behrad Habib, Eisenstein, Michael, Digonnet, Michel J. F., Vuckovic, Jelena, Soh, H. Tom

“…Aptamers are a promising class of affinity reagents because signal transduction mechanisms can be built into the reagent, so that they can directly produce a…”
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Highly Sensitive Phase-Front-Modulation Fiber Acoustic Sensor by Wonuk Jo, Kilic, Onur, Digonnet, Michel J. F.

“…We report a new low-noise compact fiber acoustic sensor that implements a microfabricated silicon diaphragm with a π/2 phase step combined to a single-mode…”
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Miniature fiber acoustic sensors using a photonic-crystal membrane by Jo, Wonuk, Akkaya, Onur C., Solgaard, Olav, Digonnet, Michel J.F.

“…•An acoustic sensor using a miniature fiber Fabry–Perot (FP) was designed and tested.•The FP consists of a reflective deflectable membrane at the reflective…”
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Resonant Fiber Optic Gyroscope Using an Air-Core Fiber by Terrel, M. A., Digonnet, M. J. F., Shanhui Fan

“…Air-core photonic bandgap fibers (PBFs) have great potential for the resonant fiber-optic gyroscope (RFOG), because they reduce both the Kerr-induced drift and…”
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Optimization of the Angular Random Walk in Laser-Driven Fiber-Optic Gyroscopes by Morris, Therice A., Zawada, Adele N., Garcia, Devin, Wheeler, Jonathan M., Digonnet, Michel J. F.

“…This paper investigates whether the angular random walk (ARW) of a fiber-optic gyroscope (FOG) driven by a broadened laser can be minimized, or equivalently…”
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