GREEN UP-CONVERSION LASER-EMISSION IN ER-DOPED CRYSTALS AT ROOM-TEMPERATURE

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BREDE, R [1 ]
HEUMANN, E [1 ]
KOETKE, J [1 ]
DANGER, T [1 ]
HUBER, G [1 ]
CHAI, B [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CENT FLORIDA,CTR RES ELECTROOPT & LASERS,ORLANDO,FL 32826
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10.1063/1.110581
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We report room-temperature pulsed up-conversion laser oscillation in Er-doped LiYF4 and KYF4 at 551 and 562 nm, respectively. In both crystals laser oscillation is observed on the S-4(3/2)-I-4(15/2) ground state transition. Excitation was provided by a tunable flashlamp-pumped Ti:sapphire laser in the spectral region around 810 nm. Additional pumping with a continuous wave krypton ion laser at 647 nm was beneficial to both lasers. Laser action has also been observed in Er-doped Y3Al5O12 on the same transition.
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