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Webinar Video: Overview of Rare Earth Doped Fibers, Applications and Fabrication
by: FOCTV
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Webinar Summary:
Rare earth doped fibers have become ubiquitous in our society used for making fiber-based lasers and optical amplifiers. In this presentation, we provide an overview of what rare earth doped fibers are, and why rare earths are used as a dopant.
Webinar Timestamps:
- 0:00 - Richard Tumminelli Intro
- 0:47 – Periodic Table of Elements
- 1:59 – Rare Earth Properties
- 3:24 – A Look at How Lasers Work
- 5:38 – Optical Fibers for Telecommunications
- 7:00 – Enter Rare Earth Doped Fiber
- 8:43 – Fiber Lasers - Core Pumped
- 10:05 – Double Clad Fiber Design - Fiber in a Fiber
- 11:23 – Fiber Laser Advantages
- 12:28 – Fiber Laser Power Output
- 13:01 – Fabrication of Rare Earth Doped Fibers
- 13:50 – MCVD Process
- 16:03 – Vapor Delivery System
- 16:20 – Adding the Rare Earth
- 17:33 – Solution Doping
- 20:12 – Vapor Phase Doping Using Chelates
- 24:15 – Vapor Phase Doping Using RE Halides
- 25:32 – Q & A