Ytterbium are used as a dopant in the Yb:YAG laser, a solid-state laser in which ytterbium is the element that undergoes stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation.
Ytterbium Fiber Laser 1050-1080nm 10W.
Ytterbium lasers are highly efficient, have long lifetimes and can generate short pulses; ytterbium can also easily be incorporated into the material used to make the laser. Therefore some of the Ytterbium lasers are
pulsed Ytterbium laser with high peak power.
Usually, low concentrations of ytterbium are used. At high concentrations, the ytterbium-doped materials show photodarkening (glass fibers) or even a switch to broadband emission (crystals and ceramics) instead of efficient laser action. This effect may be related with not only overheating, but also with conditions of charge compensation at high concentrations of ytterbium ions
Ytterbium Laser YB laser applications:
Single-mode ytterbium-doped fibers for
3kW lasers and beyond.
A compact ultranarrow high-power laser system for experiments with
578nm Ytterbium clock transition