Photon-avalanche upconversion in thulium-doped lutetium aluminum garnet

被引:18
作者
Patel, DN [1 ]
Reddy, BR [1 ]
Nash-Stevenson, SK [1 ]
机构
[1] Alabama A&M Univ, Dept Phys, Normal, AL 35762 USA
关键词
D O I
10.1364/AO.38.003271
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Strong blue fluorescence at 487 nm corresponding to the (1)G(4) --> H-3(6) transition was generated from Tm3+-doped lutetium aluminum garnet on excitation with a 618-nm dye laser as a result of a photon-avalanche upconversion mechanism. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America.
引用
收藏
页码:3271 / 3274
页数:4
相关论文
共 17 条
[1]   SPECTROSCOPIC AND LASING PROPERTIES OF HOTMLUAG [J].
BARNES, NP ;
FILER, ED ;
NARANJO, FL ;
RODRIGUEZ, WJ ;
KOKTA, MR .
OPTICS LETTERS, 1993, 18 (09) :708-710
[2]   DIODE-PUMPED, ROOM-TEMPERATURE TM-LUAG LASER [J].
BARNES, NP ;
JANI, MG ;
HUTCHESON, RL .
APPLIED OPTICS, 1995, 34 (21) :4290-4294
[3]   ROOM-TEMPERATURE PHOTON AVALANCHE UP-CONVERSION IN AN ERBIUM-DOPED FLUORIDE FIBER [J].
CHEN, YH ;
AUZEL, F .
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 1995, 28 (01) :207-211
[4]  
CHIVIAN JS, 1979, APPL PHYS LETT, V35, P124, DOI 10.1063/1.91044
[5]   AVALANCHE UP-CONVERSION IN LAF3TM3+ [J].
COLLINGS, BC ;
SILVERSMITH, AJ .
JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE, 1994, 62 (06) :271-279
[6]  
FILER ED, 1993, OSA PROC, V15, P411
[7]  
FILER ED, 1991, OSA PROC, V10, P189
[8]   BLUE UP-CONVERTED FLUORESCENCE VIA PHOTON-AVALANCHE PUMPING IN TM-YAG [J].
GUY, S ;
JOUBERT, MF ;
JACQUIER, B .
PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC RESEARCH, 1994, 183 (01) :K33-K36
[9]  
JANI MG, 1994, OSA PROC, V20, P109
[10]   MODEL OF THE PHOTON-AVALANCHE EFFECT [J].
JOUBERT, MF ;
GUY, S ;
JACQUIER, B .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1993, 48 (14) :10031-10037