BACK-REFLECTION PUMPING VERSUS CONTRADIRECTIONAL PUMPING IN UP-CONVERSION SOLID-STATE LASERS

Authors
PETERSON P SHARMA MP
Citation
P. Peterson et Mp. Sharma, BACK-REFLECTION PUMPING VERSUS CONTRADIRECTIONAL PUMPING IN UP-CONVERSION SOLID-STATE LASERS, Optics communications, 146(1-6), 1998, pp. 189-195
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
146
Issue
1-6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
189 - 195
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1998)146:1-6<189:BPVCPI>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We show that a change from contradirectional pumping to back-reflectio n pumping in upconversion lasers can reduce the threshold by 50%, incr ease the slope efficiency by 87%, and increase the laser output power by a factor of two to six depending on the pump powers. Our prediction s are anchored to an upconversion Pr3+ ZBLAN fiber laser experiment to within 10%. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.