Title :
Tunable, CW, multicolor visible upconversion fiber lasers operating at room temperature
Author :
Gosnell, T.R. ; Xie, Ping
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
fDate :
30 Oct-2 Nov 1995
Abstract :
We describe continuous-wave, red, orange, green, and blue upconversion laser output for various lengths of ZBLAN fluorozirconate fiber doped with trivalent praseodymium and ytterbium ions. The lasers operate at room temperature, are modestly tunable, and are pumped either with a single Ti:sapphire laser tuned anywhere in the 780-880-nm wavelength region, or a single 860-nm semiconductor diode laser
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; barium compounds; fibre lasers; lanthanum compounds; laser tuning; optical pumping; praseodymium; sodium compounds; ytterbium; zirconium compounds; 300 mW; 635 nm; 780 to 880 nm; 860 nm; Pr3+,Yb3+:ZBLAN; ZBLAN fluorozirconate fiber lengths; ZBLAN:Pr,Yb; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Pr,Yb; blue upconversion laser output; green; laser pumped; orange; red; room temperature; semiconductor diode laser; single Ti:sapphire laser; tunable CW multicolor visible upconversion fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Pump lasers; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers; Temperature; Tunable circuits and devices; Ytterbium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2450-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1995.484801
