Webinar Video: Overview of Rare Earth Doped Fibers, Applications and Fabrication

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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