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

Authors
BREDE R HEUMANN E KOETKE J DANGER T HUBER G CHAI B
Citation
R. Brede et al., GREEN UP-CONVERSION LASER-EMISSION IN ER-DOPED CRYSTALS AT ROOM-TEMPERATURE, Applied physics letters, 63(15), 1993, pp. 2030-2031
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
63
Issue
15
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2030 - 2031
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1993)63:15<2030:GULIEC>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We report room-temperature pulsed up-conversion laser oscillation in E r-doped LiYF4 and KYF4 at 551 and 562 nm, respectively. In both crysta ls laser oscillation is observed on the S-4(3/2)-I-4(15/2) ground stat e transition. Excitation was provided by a tunable flashlamp-pumped Ti :sapphire laser in the spectral region around 810 nm. Additional pumpi ng with a continuous wave krypton ion laser at 647 nm was beneficial t o both lasers. Laser action has also been observed in Er-doped Y3Al5O1 2 on the same transition.