Rare Earth Glass Spectroscopy and Fiber Lasers
Brian M. Walsh, Karima Ouannes, Jihong Geng, Farzin Amzajerdian, Shibin Jiang
The ability to make new materials is often key to major progress in fundamental physics and numerous applications. This is the focus of our research. Therefore, we have synthesized a novel glass compositions doped with erbium. Glasses based on antimony oxide (Sb2O3) make one of the major classes of heavy metal oxide glasses, which have specific properties such as low phonon energy, a high non-linearity associated with a high refractive index, good mechanical properties, and better stability than that fluoride and tellurite glasses. They present the advantage to be easy to elaborate at a low price compared to single crystals. It is also possible to modulate the optical properties by moderating their chemical composition. We have demonstrated favorable spectroscopic properties in these Er antimonate glasses which compared with Er silica glass. We will present the data, and these glasses are able to accommodate other rare earth ions offering thereby a potential for developing new laser materials.
Keywords
Antimony Oxide Glass, Er Silica Glass, Er Antimonate Glass, Spectroscopic Properties, Fiber Lasers
Published online 6/5/2024, 66 pages
Citation: Brian M. Walsh, Karima Ouannes, Jihong Geng, Farzin Amzajerdian, Shibin Jiang, Rare Earth Glass Spectroscopy and Fiber Lasers, Materials Research Foundations, Vol. 164, pp 1-66, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903056-1
Part of the book on Rare Earth
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