Novel Er3+/Nd3+-doped borofluoride glass materials for NIR optical fiber applications with suitable thermal and mechanical properties
To advance the performance of broadband optical fiber communication systems, a novel borofluoride-based glass system with the composition 60B2O3-20Pb3O4-10MgF2-10LiF (BPML) was synthesized and accordingly investigated. The base glass was doped with 1 mol% of Er3+, Nd3+, or their combination to produce BPML: RE3+ glass...