Optics Letters · 1989 · 46 citations · 4 references
Natural SciencesMaterials EngineeringMaterials ScienceOptical MaterialsOpticsPhotonicsCladding MaterialsFiber OpticsLaser Host MaterialsOptical FibersOptical GlassesRare-earth-doped MaterialsCore Material DesignCore-glass DopingFiber-optic GlassesLaser GlassesRare-earth-doped FibersSilica Fiber MaterialsSilica-based MaterialsSoft Glass Fibers
By using a thick-walled SiO(2) tube (25-mm outside diameter, 1-mm inside diameter), a soft-glass core containing Nd or Yb-Er has its alkali (and to a lesser extent its alkaline earth) components volatilized during drawing to give a good-quality laser fiber with Nd- or Yb-Er-doped cores.
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High-gain erbium-doped traveling-wave fiber amplifier
E. Desurvire, J.R. Simpson, P. C. Becker · Optics Letters · 1987 · 608 citations