• DocumentCode
    2948784
  • Title

    Population of excited levels in YLF:Er crystals under CW laser diode pumping

  • Author

    Razumova, I.K. ; Tkachuk, A.M. ; Mirzaeva, A.A. ; Gapontsev, V.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Sci. Center, Vavilov (S.I.) State Opt. Inst., St. Petersburg, Russia
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    10-15 Sept. 2000
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. The main goal of our work was to investigate, both by theoretical and experimental methods, the influence of interionic cross relaxation processes (upconversion, selfquenching) on concentration dependences of inverse population of laser levels in LiYF/sub 4/:Er laser crystals under CW laser-diode pumping with different pump power densities.
  • Keywords
    erbium; excited states; lithium compounds; optical materials; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; photoluminescence; population inversion; stimulated emission; CW laser diode pumping; CW laser-diode pumping; LiYF/sub 4/:Er; LiYF/sub 4/:Er laser crystals; YLF:Er crystals; concentration dependences; excited levels; interionic cross relaxation processes; inverse population; laser levels; pump power densities; selfquenching; upconversion; Crystals; Diode lasers; Erbium; Kinetic theory; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Luminescence; Physics; Power lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Nice
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6319-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2000.909878
  • Filename
    909878