Glass-on-Glass Fabrication of Microlasers (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Glass-on-Glass Fabrication of Microlasers

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The new glass wetting technique to fabricate microlasers. A phosphate glass wire doped with ytterbium and erbium (Er:Yb, with melting temperature of 500°C) is melted and allowed to flow around a hollow silica capillary (melting temperature of 1500°C).

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OIST

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