• DocumentCode
    1032806
  • Title

    Spatial domains in avalanche pumped Er:ZBLAN fibre

  • Author

    Chen, Yuanfeng ; Auzel, F.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. de Bagneux, CNET, Bagneux
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    2/17/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    323
  • Lastpage
    324
  • Abstract
    Photon avalanche has been achieved in an Er3+:ZBLAN fibre at room temperature, in which periodic spatial domains in the centimetre, millimetre, and 100 μm ranges have been observed. Avalanche upconversion emission has been observed at several wavelengths of which the strongest is at 550 nm. The measured threshold for the avalanche is ~5 mW of incident pump power at 579 nm. Rise time, transmission and emissions allow mechanisms for the observed avalanche process to be proposed
  • Keywords
    aluminium compounds; barium compounds; erbium; fibre lasers; fluoride glasses; lanthanum compounds; optical pumping; sodium compounds; zirconium compounds; 5 mW; 550 nm; 579 nm; Er3+:ZBLAN fibre; ZBLAN:Er; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Er; avalanche pumped fibre; avalanche threshold; avalanche upconversion emission; fibre lasers; incident pump power; periodic spatial domains; photon avalanche; rise time;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19940241
  • Filename
    267308
    • Link To Document
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