Recent Advances in Fabrication and Applications of Yttrium Aluminum Garnet-Based Optical Fiber: A Review

Yuli Pang; Xu Lu; Xin Zhang; Ziheng Miao; Min Sun; Guowu Tang; Jialong Li; Qilai Zhao; Changsheng Yang; Dongdan Chen; Qi Qian; Zhuo Xu

doi:10.3390/ma17143426

Materials (Jul 2024)

Recent Advances in Fabrication and Applications of Yttrium Aluminum Garnet-Based Optical Fiber: A Review

Yuli Pang,
Xu Lu,
Xin Zhang,
Ziheng Miao,
Min Sun,
Guowu Tang,
Jialong Li,
Qilai Zhao,
Changsheng Yang,
Dongdan Chen,
Qi Qian,
Zhuo Xu

Affiliations

Yuli Pang: Laboratory of Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
Xu Lu: Laboratory of Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
Xin Zhang: Laboratory of Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
Ziheng Miao: Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, International Center for Dielectric Research, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Min Sun: Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, International Center for Dielectric Research, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Guowu Tang: School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
Jialong Li: State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, Institute of Optical Communication Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Qilai Zhao: State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, Institute of Optical Communication Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Changsheng Yang: State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, Institute of Optical Communication Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Dongdan Chen: State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, Institute of Optical Communication Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Qi Qian: State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, Institute of Optical Communication Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Zhuo Xu: Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, International Center for Dielectric Research, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17143426
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 14
p. 3426

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Yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG)-based optical fiber is one of the research hotspots in the field of fiber lasers due to its combined advantages of a wide doping range of rare earth ions and the high mechanical strength of YAG material, as well as the flexibility and small size of the fiber structure. YAG-based optical fibers and related laser devices can be used in communication, sensing, medicine, etc. A comprehensive review of YAG-based optical fibers is provided in this paper. Firstly, the fabrication processes of YAG-based optical fibers are summarized and the structure and properties of fibers are classified and compared. Secondly, according to the optical wavelength regions, rare earth-doped YAG-based optical fibers for the applications of single-frequency and mode-locked fiber lasers are summarized. Lastly, the development challenges in both the fabrication and applications of YAG-based optical fibers are discussed.

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