DocumentCode
277362
Title
Room temperature infrared-pumped, visible, praseodymium doped fluorozirconate fibre laser
Author
Lauder, R.D.T. ; Carter, J.N. ; Tropper, A.C. ; Hanna, D.C. ; Davey, S.T. ; Szebesta, D.
Author_Institution
Optoelectronics Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
fYear
1992
fDate
33743
Firstpage
42552
Lastpage
42554
Abstract
The authors report the room temperature upconversion lasing of praseodymium doped fluorozirconate fibre at 491 nm, 520 nm, 605 nm, 635 nm and 715 nm. This is done using the two diode compatible infrared wavelengths of 1010 nm and 835 nm. An energy level scheme for the Pr3+ ion is shown
Keywords
fibre lasers; optical pumping; praseodymium; 491 to 715 nm; Pr3+:ZBLAN fibre laser; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Pr3+; diode compatible infrared wavelengths; fluorozirconate fibre; infrared-pumped; room temperature upconversion lasing; visible laser;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Fibre and Solid State Lasers, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
London
Type
conf
Filename
168399
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