Tunable, CW, multicolor visible upconversion fiber lasers operating at room temperature

Author

Gosnell, T.R. ; Xie, Ping

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

30 Oct-2 Nov 1995

Firstpage

462

Abstract

We describe continuous-wave, red, orange, green, and blue upconversion laser output for various lengths of ZBLAN fluorozirconate fiber doped with trivalent praseodymium and ytterbium ions. The lasers operate at room temperature, are modestly tunable, and are pumped either with a single Ti:sapphire laser tuned anywhere in the 780-880-nm wavelength region, or a single 860-nm semiconductor diode laser

Keywords

aluminium compounds; barium compounds; fibre lasers; lanthanum compounds; laser tuning; optical pumping; praseodymium; sodium compounds; ytterbium; zirconium compounds; 300 mW; 635 nm; 780 to 880 nm; 860 nm; Pr³⁺,Yb³⁺:ZBLAN; ZBLAN fluorozirconate fiber lengths; ZBLAN:Pr,Yb; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Pr,Yb; blue upconversion laser output; green; laser pumped; orange; red; room temperature; semiconductor diode laser; single Ti:sapphire laser; tunable CW multicolor visible upconversion fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Pump lasers; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers; Temperature; Tunable circuits and devices; Ytterbium;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2450-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1995.484801

Filename

484801