(Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University) The research team of the IKBFU developed a fundamentally new method of manufacturing laser optics, which is based on the use of rare-earth metal ions of ytterbium and its oxide. The results of the work of scientists were recently published in the scientific journal Optics Communications.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-12/ikbf-rsh122019.php