Efficient frequency up-conversion via energy transfer in fluoride glasses
Efficient frequency up-conversion via energy transfer in fluoride glasses
- Author(s): R.S. Quimby ; M.G. Drexhage ; M.J. Suscavage
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19870024
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- Author(s): R.S. Quimby 1 ; M.G. Drexhage 2 ; M.J. Suscavage 2
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1: Department of Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, USA
2: Rome Air Development Center, ESMO, Solid State Sciences Directorate, US Air Force, Bedford, USA
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Affiliations:
1: Department of Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, USA
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Volume 23, Issue 1,
2 January 1987,
p.
32 – 34
DOI: 10.1049/el:19870024 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
The conversion of infra-red to visible light has been studied in a series of fluoride glasses doped with YbF3 and ErF3. The frequency up-conversion efficiency of these bulk materials is four orders of magnitude greater than that observed in doped oxide glasses, and compares very favourably with results obtained for Yb3+/Er3+-containing crystals.
Inspec keywords: optical glass; fluorine compounds; optical frequency conversion
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Subjects: Optical glass; Optical harmonic generation, frequency conversion, parametric oscillation and amplification; Optical materials; Nonlinear optics and devices
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