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Glass and Rare‐Earth Elements: A Personal Perspective
Author(s) -
Tanabe Setsuhisa
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of applied glass science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.383
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2041-1294
pISSN - 2041-1286
DOI - 10.1111/ijag.12142
Subject(s) - materials science , doping , optical fiber , fiber laser , erbium , optoelectronics , rare earth , photonics , laser , glass fiber , engineering physics , nanotechnology , optics , telecommunications , computer science , composite material , physics , metallurgy , wavelength
Light‐based technologies are strongly supported by various glass materials in general. This article focuses on glasses containing rare‐earth elements, doped fibers, as well as their photonic functions such as optical amplifications in fiber telecommunication. Scientific progress and applications of rare‐earth spectroscopy and technologies of doped glasses and fibers in recent 60 years have been more than dramatic. Development of various laser diodes has been strongly linked with realization of novel devices of rare‐earth‐doped glasses. In addition to many milestones listed in the resolution of International Year of Light, we should notice that 2015 is also the 50th anniversary of the erbium‐doped glass laser, which is later transformed into the optical fiber amplifier, the enabler of today's information society.