Efficient holmium-doped fluoride fiber laser emitting 2.1 μm and blue upconversion fluorescence upon excitation at 2 μm

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 20164-20169

  Guhur, A ^a   Jackson, S D ^b  

^a INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; FIBER LASERS; FLUORESCENCE; GLASS FIBERS; GLASS LASERS; HOLMIUM; LASER EXCITATION; PUMPS; SILICATES;

BLUE UPCONVERSION; ENERGY TRANSFER UPCONVERSION; FLUORIDE FIBERS; FLUORIDE GLASS FIBER; HIGH-POWER; LASER EMITTING; PUMP ENERGIES; SILICATE GLASS FIBERS; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; VISIBLE UPCONVERSION;

PUMPING (LASER);

FLUORIDE; HOLMIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SOLID STATE LASER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORIDES; HOLMIUM; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LENSES;

EID: 77957004415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.020164     Document Type: Article

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