Upconversion spectroscopy of K/sub 2/YF/sub 5/:Er/sup 3+/

Author

Dean, T.R. ; Reeves, R.J. ; Khaidukov, N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Canterbury Univ., Christchurch, New Zealand

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

248

Abstract

Summary form only given. Upconversion fluorescence can serve to reduce the efficiency of a solid-state laser by allowing a fraction of the atoms or ions to bypass the upper state of the laser transition. Thus, it is appropriate to investigate upconversion emission processes in candidate solid-state laser systems. K/sub 2/YF/sub 5/:Er/sup 3+/ is a relatively new optical material that has the usual advantages of a fluoride host for efficient optical transitions.

Keywords

erbium; fluorescence; impurity absorption spectra; laser transitions; optical materials; potassium compounds; stimulated emission; K/sub 2/YF/sub 5/:Er; K/sub 2/YF/sub 5/:Er/sup 3+/; candidate solid-state laser systems; fluoride host; laser transition; optical material; optical transitions; solid-state laser; upconversion emission processes; upconversion fluorescence; upconversion spectroscopy; upper state; Absorption; Atomic beams; Erbium; Fluorescence; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Particle beam optics; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.676121

Filename

676121