Title :
Photon echoes in an amplifying rare-earth ion-doped crystal
Author :
Crozatier, V. ; Gorju, G. ; De Seze, F. ; Bretenaker, F. ; Le Gouët, J.L. ; Lorgeré, I.
Author_Institution :
Lab. Aime Cotton, CNRS, Orsay, France
Abstract :
We report, on the first experimental demonstration of photon echoes in an amplifying rare-earth ion-doped crystal. Population inversion is achieved via optical pumping yielding higher power photon echoes, with an energy gain up to 5.
Keywords :
optical materials; optical pumping; photon echo; population inversion; amplifying rare-earth ion-doped crystal; optical pumping; photon echoes; population inversion; Absorption; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Photonic crystals; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202421
