Title :
Upconversion lasing for index sensing and strong amplitude modulation of WGMs in Er-Yb co-doped tellurite spheres
Author :
Yinlan Ruan ; Boyd, Kyle ; Hong Ji ; Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike ; Munch, Jurgen ; Monro, Tanya M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Adv. Sensing, Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Abstract :
We fabricated Er-Yb codoped tellurite spheres for strong upconversion WGM lasing with Q up to 27,000 for 15μm diameter and achieved the index sensitivity of 8.8nm/RIU. Strong amplitude modulation in the modes was also observed.
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; erbium; laser beams; optical glass; optical modulation; solid lasers; tellurium compounds; whispering gallery modes; ytterbium; (TeO2-ZnO-Na2O-La2O3):(Er,Yb); Er-Yb co-doped tellurite spheres; index sensing; index sensitivity; size 15 mum; strong amplitude modulation; strong upconversion WGM lasing; Fiber lasers; Glass; Indexes; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical resonators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
