ytterbium

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Target applications are erbium-ytterbium fibre amplifiers for CaTV and FTTx networks.

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  1. noun A soft, bright, silvery rare-earth element occurring in two allotropic forms and used as an x-ray source for portable irradiation devices, in some laser materials, and in some special alloys. Atomic number 70; atomic weight 173.04; melting point 824°C; boiling point 1,196°C; specific gravity 6.972 or 6.54 (25°C) depending on allotropic form; valence 2, 3. See Table at element.

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  • Target applications are erbium-ytterbium fibre amplifiers for CaTV and FTTx networks. —  optics.org all content
  • It is based on ytterbium-doped fibre and produces record-breaking values of 200 mW average power in 100 fs pulses at a repetition rate of 100 MHz. —  physicsworld.com: all content
  • Soon, the Orange product will be complemented by an ytterbium-doped amplifier to boost the peak power while keeping the pulses short. —  physicsworld.com: all content
  • He heedlessly bores through helium, mercury, ytterbium, molybdenum, and more until he reaches mendelevium-and her last nerve. —  Slate Magazine
  • Yb: KGW and Yb: KYW laser crystals for direct diode pumping EKSMA OPTICS offers an attractive lasing materials ytterbium doped potassium tungstates, namely Yb: KYW and Yb: KGW. —  optics.org all content
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  1. After Ytterby, a town in Sweden.

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  1. New Latin, from Ytterby, in Sweden.
 

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