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As-grown (Er,Yb):GdAl3(BO3)4 crystal by using high-temperature solution growth on dipped seeds (a) . Credit: Nikolay Leonyuk

It can be used in medicine, communications systems and also in research. ‘In collaboration with our colleagues of the Center for Optical Materials and Technologies, Belarusian National Technical University, we have developed a highly efficient diode-pumped eye-safe laser, which can be used in ophthalmology, communication systems and ranging’, says Prof Nikolay Leonyuk, The development of such laser became possible to the fact that the team of scientists had created a laboratory growth technology of single crystals with desired properties.

The emission with wavelengths 1500 – 1600 nm is agreeably safe for the eyes and seems prospective for practical applications in me...