• DocumentCode
    2789682
  • Title

    Minimizing non-radiative losses in erbium laser systems

  • Author

    Quimby, R.S. ; Condon, N.J. ; Connor, S. P O ; Biswal, S. ; Bowman, S.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA 01609 USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Very low rates of excited-state absorption and upconversion were measured from the 4I13/2 level in Er3+ doped KPb2Cl5 crystals. Comparisons with other hosts suggest significant potential improvements in laser performance.
  • Keywords
    Absorption; Chemical lasers; Erbium; Fluorescence; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Phonons; Polarization; Solid lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431471
  • Filename
    4431471