Title :
Red and orange Pr3+/Yb3+ doped ZBLAN fibre upconversion lasers
Author :
Baney, Douglas M. ; Yang, Lei ; Ratcliff, J. ; Kok Wai Chang
Author_Institution :
Photonics Technol. Dept., Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, CA
fDate :
10/12/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Room temperature continuous-wave upconversion laser oscillation at 635 nm is reported for a Yb3+sensitised Pr3+-doped fluorozirconate fibre cavity pumped by a single semiconductor laser operating at a wavelength near 860 nm. Using a similar setup, upconversion lasing at a wavelength of 602 nm has also been obtained
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; barium compounds; fibre lasers; lanthanum compounds; laser transitions; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; praseodymium; sodium compounds; ytterbium; zirconium compounds; 602 nm; 635 nm; 860 nm; CW upconversion laser oscillation; Pr3+/Yb3+ doped ZBLAN; ZBLAN fibre upconversion lasers; ZBLAN:Pr,Yb; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Pr,Yb; continuous-wave upconversion laser oscillation; doped fluorozirconate fibre cavity; room temperature laser oscillation; semiconductor laser pump;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
