• DocumentCode
    3005991
  • Title

    Energy transfer analysis between Tb3+ and Yb3+ codoped in silicate glasses under the 0.98 μm excitation

  • Author

    Yamashita, Tatsuya ; Ohishi, Yasutake

  • Author_Institution
    Toyota Technol. Inst., Nagoya
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The energy transfer efficiency as high as 68 % between Tb3+ and Yb3+ in Tb3+-Yb3+-codoped silicate glasses was obtained for green emission. The energy transfer mechanisms were analyzed by rate equation formalism.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; optical glass; optical pumping; SiO2-B2O3-Na2O-Al2O3-CaO-ZrO2:Tb,Yb; energy transfer analysis; energy transfer mechanisms; green emission; rate equation formalism; silicate glass; wavelength 0.98 mum; Biomedical optical imaging; Energy exchange; Equations; Fiber lasers; Glass; Laser transitions; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452655
  • Filename
    4452655