1. Recent Advances in Fabrication and Applications of Yttrium Aluminum Garnet-Based Optical Fiber: A Review.
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Pang, Yuli, Lu, Xu, Zhang, Xin, Miao, Ziheng, Sun, Min, Tang, Guowu, Li, Jialong, Zhao, Qilai, Yang, Changsheng, Chen, Dongdan, Qian, Qi, and Xu, Zhuo
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YTTRIUM aluminum garnet ,RARE earth ions ,OPTICAL fibers ,STRENGTH of materials ,YTTRIUM - Abstract
Yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG)-based optical fiber is one of the research hotspots in the field of fiber lasers due to its combined advantages of a wide doping range of rare earth ions and the high mechanical strength of YAG material, as well as the flexibility and small size of the fiber structure. YAG-based optical fibers and related laser devices can be used in communication, sensing, medicine, etc. A comprehensive review of YAG-based optical fibers is provided in this paper. Firstly, the fabrication processes of YAG-based optical fibers are summarized and the structure and properties of fibers are classified and compared. Secondly, according to the optical wavelength regions, rare earth-doped YAG-based optical fibers for the applications of single-frequency and mode-locked fiber lasers are summarized. Lastly, the development challenges in both the fabrication and applications of YAG-based optical fibers are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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