1. Used to make pottery glaze. Erbium oxide is used in the ceramics industry to produce a pink enamel.
2. Erbium also has some applications in the nuclear industry
3. It can also be used as an alloy component of other metals. For example, doping vanadium with erbium can enhance its ductility.
The most prominent use of erbium is in the manufacture of Erbium Dopant Fiber Amplifier (EDFA).
4. Another hot spot for erbium applications is lasers, especially as medical laser materials. Erbium laser is a solid-state pulsed laser with a wavelength of 2940nm, which can be strongly absorbed by water molecules in human tissue, so that a larger effect can be obtained with a smaller energy, and the soft tissue can be cut, ground and excised very precisely. Erbium YAG lasers are also used for cataract extraction. Because the main component of the cataract lens is water, the erbium laser has low energy and is easily absorbed by water. It will be a promising surgical method for cataract removal. Erbium laser therapy instrument is opening up more and more broad application fields for laser surgery.
5. Erbium can also be used as an active ion for rare earth up-conversion laser materials.
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