UP-CONVERSION LUMINESCENCE OF ER AND CR IN YSGG LASER CRYSTALS

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MICHELETTI, R [1 ]
MINGUZZI, P [1 ]
NOGINOV, MA [1 ]
TONELLI, M [1 ]
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[1] ALABAMA A&M UNIV,CTR NONLINEAR OPT & MAT,DEPT PHYS,NORMAL,AL 35762
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10.1364/JOSAB.11.002095
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Upconversion and excited-state absorption (ESA) excitation of green luminescence were studied in Er-doped YSGG pumped at 780-825 nm. At high Er concentration (4 x 10(21) cm(-3)), energy-transfer upconversion was the main pump channel for the green Er luminescence; at low Er concentration (2 x 10(20) cm(-3)), ESA predominated at several spectral lines. Upconversion excitation of Cr broadband luminescence through the energy transfer from rare-earth (RE) ions was proposed in Cr,Re codoped crystals. Numerical estimations showed that upconversion efficiency of the proposed schemes can be high enough to reach reasonable excited-state concentrations for both Er and Cr diode-pumped conversion lasers.
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页码:2095 / 2099
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