Title : 
Interaction between Nd3+ and Yb3+ ions in epitaxial YAG laser waveguide
         
        
            Author : 
Wnuk, A. ; Kopczynski, K. ; Sarnecki, J. ; Malinowski, M. ; Mlynczak, J. ; Mierczyk, Z.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Inst. of Electron. Mater. Technol., Warsaw, Poland
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper, we have investigated the IR and visible emissions of Yb+Nd:YAG waveguide laser pumped by 810 nm laser diodes and have observed strong amplification of the up-converted Nd emission by Yb presence. We also have analyzed the mechanisms of the energy transfer from Nd to Yb ions for different concentration ratio of Yb3+/Nd3+.
         
        
            Keywords : 
epitaxial layers; neodymium; optical films; optical materials; optical pumping; waveguide lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; 810 nm; IR emission; YAG:Nd,Yb; YAl5O12:Nd,Yb; energy transfer; epitaxial YAG:Nd,Yb waveguide laser; laser diode pumping; up-conversion emission; visible emission; Energy exchange; Equations; Fluorescence; Neodymium; Optical materials; Optical waveguides; Particle beam optics; Stimulated emission; Waveguide lasers;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-8974-3
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568078