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journal article·2016-10

Supercontinuum Generation in Naturally Occurring Glass Sponges Spicules

Hermann Ehrlich, Manuel Maldonado, Andrew R. Parker, Yuri N. Kulchin, Jörg Schilling, Benjamin Köhler, Ulrich Skrzypczak, Paul Simon, Henry M. Reiswig, Mikhail V. Tsurkan, Eike Brunner, Sergey S. Voznesenskiy, Alexander V. Bezverbny, Sergey S. Golik, Ivan G. Nagorny, Denis V. Vyalikh, Anna A. Makarova, Serguei L. Molodtsov, Kurt Kummer, Michael Mertig, Christiane Erler, Denis V. Kurek, Vasilii V. Bazhenov, Filipe Natalio, Alexander E. Kovalev, Stanislav N. Gorb, Allison L. Stelling, Johannes Heitmann, René Born, Dirk C. Meyer, Konstantin R. Tabachnick

Advanced Optical Materials· Volume 4· Issue 10
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Abstract

The complex process of supercontinuum generation (SG) is known to be exploitable for designing spatially coherent white light sources emitting light simultaneously in the ultraviolet, visible, and infrared ranges. Herein the first natural material able to generate in laboratory conditions a supercontinuum similar to those known from man‐made photonic crystal fibers is described. The ability resides in siliceous 20–50 cm long spicules of the glass sponge Sericolophus hawaiicus. By shedding into the spicules optical peak intensities ranging from 1 to 100 TW cm−2 the generation of a SG is revealed. The SG involves wavelengths between 650 and 900 nm and shows a maximum spectral spread for excitation at a wavelength of 750 nm. It is hypothesized that the SG is favored by spicules being a biocomposite that incorporates together isotopically pure biogenic silica (δ30Si = −3.28) and 15.2 ± 1.3 μg N‐acetyl‐glucosamine (chitin) per mg of silica. The internal organization of these spicules is distinguished by a solid silica core with a 1 μm wide axial channel as well as a highly ordered silica–chitin composite. Such a composition and organization pattern may be of potential interest for the design of low temperature synthesis of future materials for light guidance.
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Ceramics & glassesComposites

OpenAlex topics: Marine Sponges and Natural Products · Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies · Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies

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Affiliations

Institute of Experimental Physics TU Bergakademie Freiberg Leipziger Str. 23 09599 Freiberg Germany

Department of Marine Ecology Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CSIC) Acceso Cala St. Francesc 14 E‐17300 Blanes Girona Spain

Department of Life Sciences Natural History Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD UK

Institute of Automation and Control Processes of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Radio Str. 5 690041 Vladivostok Russia

Centre for Innovation Competence SiLi‐nano Martin‐Luther‐Universität Halle‐Wittenberg Karl‐Freiherr‐von‐Fritsch‐Str. 3 D‐06120 Halle (Saale) Germany

Max Planck Institute of Chemical Physics of Solids D‐01187 Dresden Germany

Department of Biology University of Victoria, and Natural History Section Royal British Columbia Museum Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3N5 Canada Canada

Leibniz Institute of Polymer Science and Max Bergmann Centre of Biomaterials Budaperster Str. 27 01067 Dresden Germany

Institute of Bioanalitical chemistry TU Dresden Bergstrasse 66 D‐01062 Dresden Germany

Institute of Solid State Physics Dresden University of Technology Zellescher Weg 16 D‐01062 Dresden Germany

Department of Physics Saint Petersburg State University 198504 St. Petersburg Russia

Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) Departamento de Fisica de Materiales and CFM‐MPC, UPV/EHU 20080 San Sebastian Spain

IKERBASQUE Basque Foundation for Science 48011 Bilbao Spain

Department of Physics St. Petersburg State University 198504 St. Petersburg Russia

European XFEL GmbH Albert‐Einstein‐Ring 19 22761 Hamburg Germany

Transnational Scientific and Education UniFEL Center for Advanced Methods of Materials Research ITMO University Kronoverskiy pr. 49 197101 St. Petersburg Russia

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility F‐38043 Grenoble France

Institute of Physical Chemistry Dresden University of Technology D‐01069 Dresden Germany

Kurt Schwabe Institute for Sensor Technology Kurt‐Schwabe‐Straße 4 D‐04736 Waldheim Germany

Centre “Bioengineering” Russian Academy of Sciences 117312 Moscow Russia

Institute for Chemistry Martin‐Luther‐Universität Halle‐Wittenberg Kurt Mothes Strasse, 2 06120 Halle (Saale) Germany

Zoological Institute Christian‐Albrechts Universität zu Kiel Am Botanischen Garten 1‐9 24098 Kiel Germany

Center for Materials Genomics Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Duke University 144 Hudson Hall Durham NC 27708 USA

Institute of Applied Physics TU Bergakademie Freiberg Leipziger Str. 23 09599 Freiberg Germany

EKF‐Diagnostik GmbH R&D Chemistry Ebendorfer Chaussee 3 3917 Barleben Germany

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft · Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

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