Blue upconversion fluorozirconate fibre laser
Blue upconversion fluorozirconate fibre laser
- Author(s): J.Y. Allain ; M. Monerie ; H. Poignant
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19900113
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- Author(s): J.Y. Allain 1 ; M. Monerie 1 ; H. Poignant 1
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1: LAB/OCM/FOG, Centre National d'Etudes des Télécommunications, Lannion, France
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Affiliations:
1: LAB/OCM/FOG, Centre National d'Etudes des Télécommunications, Lannion, France
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Volume 26, Issue 3,
1 February 1990,
p.
166 – 168
DOI: 10.1049/el:19900113 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
Upconversion lasing is obtained at 455 and 480 nm in a Tm3+-doped fluorozirconate fibre co-pumped at 676.4 and 647.1 nm. Lasing at 1.51 μm by two-photon absorption is also observed. Pumping schemes and dynamics of the lasing transitions are clarified.
Inspec keywords: fibre optics; zirconium compounds; optical frequency conversion; solid lasers; glass
Other keywords: 676.4 nm; 480 nm; 455 nm; blue upconversion; two-photon absorption; 1.51 micron; glass; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Tm3+; 647.1 nm
Subjects: Fibre optics; Nonlinear optics and devices; Glasses (engineering materials science); Other fibre optical devices and techniques; Solid lasers; Lasing action in other solids; Optical glass; Optical harmonic generation, frequency conversion, parametric oscillation and amplification; Optical materials
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