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The atomic number of erbium is 68. Its 4f orbital is partially filled.
Erbium when excited, will emit light at 1.54 µm.
By one of the most extraordinary coincidences, 1.54 µm is a low-loss wavelength region for silica optical fibres.
This means that we could amplify a signal by using stimulated emission.