• DocumentCode
    348408
  • Title

    Upconversion in Tm/sup 3+/-doped fluorozirconate fiber pumped by Raman laser

  • Author

    Starodumov, A.N. ; Mejia, E. ; Barmenkov, Yu.O. ; Filippov, V.N.

  • Author_Institution
    Centro de Investigaciones en Opt., Leon, Mexico
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999
  • Firstpage
    471
  • Abstract
    We report experimental results on fluorescence in blue, red and near-infrared regions when pumping with up to two Stokes components of the Raman laser. The up-conversion process in the Tm/sup 3+/:ZBLAN fibre lasers depends strongly on the pumping wavelength.
  • Keywords
    aluminium compounds; barium compounds; fibre lasers; fluorescence; impurity absorption spectra; infrared spectra; lanthanum compounds; optical pumping; sodium compounds; thulium; zirconium compounds; Raman laser; Stokes components; Tm/sup 3+/-doped fluorozirconate fiber; Tm/sup 3+/:ZBLAN fibre lasers; ZBLAN:Tm; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Tm; blue; fluorescence; near-infrared; optical pumping; pumping wavelength; red; up-conversion process; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Fiber lasers; Fluorescence; Infrared detectors; Infrared spectra; Laser excitation; Power measurement; Pump lasers; Stationary state; Stimulated emission;
  • 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.1999.811525
  • Filename
    811525