Cr/sup 4+//Yb/sup 3+/-codoped calcium-aluminate glasses for potentially wide-band optical amplifier materials in 1.23-1.42 /spl mu/m

Author

Yong Gyu Choi ; Doo-Hee Cho ; Dong Sung Lim ; Kyong Hon Kim

Author_Institution

Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Taejon, South Korea

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999

Firstpage

533

Abstract

An efficient pump mechanism is required for the chromium-doped crystals and glasses for laser and amplifier applications. In this paper, Yb/sup 3+/ ion of which strong maximum-absorption is at around 980 nm, is introduced as a sensitizer of Cr/sup 4+/ ion in calcium-aluminate glasses in order to provide a suitable pump band.

Keywords

chromium; fluorescence; impurity absorption spectra; infrared spectra; optical glass; optical pumping; stimulated emission; ytterbium; 1.23 to 1.42 mum; 980 nm; CaO/sub 2/-Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Cr,Yb; Cr/sup 4+//Yb/sup 3+/-codoped calcium-aluminate glasses; calcium-aluminate glasses; chromium-doped crystals; efficient pump mechanism; laser amplifier applications; pump band; sensitizer; solid lasers; strong maximum-absorption; wide-band optical amplifier materials; Absorption; Calcium; Chromium; Energy exchange; Fluorescence; Glass; Optical amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul, South Korea

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811556

Filename

811556