Optical bistability of Tm, Ho:YLF laser due to ground state reabsorption and energy transfer upconversion

Author

Zhang, Xin-Lu ; Jiang, Bo ; Dong, Guang-Zong ; Peng, Yu-Feng ; Li Li ; Cui, Jin-Hui

Author_Institution

Coll. of Sci., Harbin Eng. Univ., Harbin, China

fYear

2010

fDate

July 28 2010-Aug. 1 2010

Firstpage

25

Lastpage

28

Abstract

The optical bistability of Tm, Ho:YLF laser is theoretically investigated based on the rate equation theory model in this paper. The optical bistability output is obtained by numerical simulation, and the influence of energy transfer upconversion on the bistability behavior is analyzed. Furthermore, the formation scheme of optical bistability is also discussed by the relation between the gain and the loss. The theoretical analysis shows that the saturation of ground state reabsorption and energy transfer upconversion effect are necessary to the optical bistability of Tm, Ho:YLF laser.

Keywords

holmium; lithium compounds; optical bistability; optical losses; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; thulium; yttrium compounds; YLF:Tm,Ho; energy transfer upconversion; ground state reabsorption; numerical simulation; optical bistability; optical gain; optical loss; rate equation theory model; self-saturable absorption; Absorption; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical bistability; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Tm, Ho:YLF laser; energy transfer upconversion (ETU); ground state reabsorption (GSR); optical bistability; self-saturable absorption;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Laser Physics and Laser Technologies (RCSLPLT) and 2010 Academic Symposium on Optoelectronics Technology (ASOT), 2010 10th Russian-Chinese Symposium on

Conference_Location

Harbin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5511-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RCSLPLT.2010.5615351

Filename

5615351