ENHANCEMENT OF 3RD-HARMONIC BLUE-VIOLET LIGHT AT 440 NM BY ERBIUM IONS IN ER3-GEO2-DOPED SILICA MONOMODE OPTICAL FIBERS PUMPED AT 1.319 MU-M()

Authors
HICKMANN JM GOUVEIA EA GOUVEIANETO AS DINI DC CELASCHI S
Citation
Jm. Hickmann et al., ENHANCEMENT OF 3RD-HARMONIC BLUE-VIOLET LIGHT AT 440 NM BY ERBIUM IONS IN ER3-GEO2-DOPED SILICA MONOMODE OPTICAL FIBERS PUMPED AT 1.319 MU-M(), Optics letters, 20(16), 1995, pp. 1692-1694
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
16
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1692 - 1694
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:16<1692:EO3BLA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The efficient generation of third-harmonic blue-violet light at 440 nm in short lengths of Er3+-doped germanosilicate single-mode optical fi bers pumped at 1.319 mu m is reported. Measurement indicates that the third-harmonic generation process that is due to a GeO2-SiO2 core is r esonantly enhanced through the amplification of the signal light at 44 0 nm by population inversion of the erbium ions in the fiber core. An average signal power at 440 mn of similar to 5 mu W was observed. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America