Title :
High power upconversion laser under OPS pumping
Author :
Heumann, Ernst ; Bär, Sebastian ; Rademaker, Katja ; Huber, Günter ; Butterworth, Stuart ; Diening, Andreas ; Seelert, Wolf
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Laser-Phys., Univ. Hamburg, Hamburg
Abstract :
Using an optically pumped semiconductor laser as pumping source nearly 0.5 W cw and 0.8 W maximum output at 50% pump duty cycle are achieved from a room temperature Er3+:LiLuF4 upconversion laser at 552 nm.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; LiLuF4:Er3+; excited state absorption spectrum; green upconversion lasing; high power upconversion laser; laser pumping; optically pumped semiconductor laser; power 0.5 W; power 0.8 W; temperature 293 K to 298 K; wavelength 552 nm; Absorption; Coatings; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Solid lasers; Temperature; (140.3500) Lasers, erbium; (140.5680) Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628094
