Title :
Mid-IR fiber amplifier cooled with Yb3+ ions
Author :
Nemova, Galina ; Kashyap, Raman
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. Phys., Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
In this paper we suggest a scheme for an MID-IR athermal Raman fiber amplifier in which the heat generated in the SRS process is totally compensated for by anti-Stokes fluorescence of Yb3+ ions localised in the medium. The physical mechanism of radiation cooling by anti-Stokes fluorescence was originally proposed in 1929 by Peter Pringsheim and observed experimentally for the first time in 1995 by Epstein´s research team.
Keywords :
fluorescence; optical fibre amplifiers; ytterbium; Peter Pringsheim; SRS process; Yb; anti-Stokes fluorescence; mID-IR athermal Raman fiber amplifier; radiation cooling; Cooling; Fiber lasers; Fluorescence; Heating; Ions; Optical fiber amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5730-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000065