• DocumentCode
    2875314
  • Title

    Determination of Auger upconversion parameter by thermal lens and Z-scan techniques: A comparison

  • Author

    Jacinto, C. ; Messias, D.N. ; Catunda, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. de Fis. de Sao Carlos, Univ. de Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The Z-scan and Thermal Lens techniques have been used to obtain the Auger upconversion parameter in Nd3+-doped materials. A comparison between these methods is done, showing that they are independent and provide similar results.
  • Keywords
    Auger effect; fluorescence; lenses; neodymium; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; phosphate glasses; refractive index; Auger upconversion parameter; P2O5:Nd; Z-scan lens technique; energy transfer upconversion; fluorescence quantum efficiency; neodymium-doped phosphate glasses; refractive index variation; thermal lens technique; Absorption; Diode lasers; Fluorescence; Laser excitation; Lenses; Optical materials; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Thermal lensing; 140.6810 [Thermal effects]; 160.3380 [Laser materials]; 190.7220 [Upconversion];
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628492
  • Filename
    4628492
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2875314