BLUE, GREEN AND YELLOW UP-CONVERSION LASING IN ER-YLIF4 USING 1.5-MU-M PUMPING

被引:14
作者
MACFARLANE, RM [1 ]
WHITTAKER, EA [1 ]
LENTH, W [1 ]
机构
[1] STEVENS INST TECHNOL,DEPT PHYS,HOBOKEN,NJ 07030
关键词
LASERS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19921371
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The authors report blue, green and yellow upconversion laser action in Er3+:YLiF4 following pumping at 1.500 mum below 80 K. For the blue transition the ratio of the output frequency to the input frequency is 3.3, the highest yet reported for an upconversion laser. In spite of the multiple upconversion steps, the thresholds for laser action were less than 80 mW. It is proposed that the nonlinear upconversion pumping proceeds via a sequence of several pairwise cross-relaxation steps.
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页数:3
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