Efficient second-harmonic generation in praseodymium-doped Ga:La:S glass for 1.3-μm optical fiber amplifiers

Author

de Araujo, M.T. ; Vermelho, M.V.D. ; Gouveia-Neto, A.S. ; Sombra, A.S.B. ; Medeiros Neto, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Fisica, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil

Volume

8

Issue

6

fYear

1996

fDate

6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

821

Lastpage

823

Abstract

Efficient second-harmonic generation in praseodymium-doped gallium-lanthanum-sulphide glasses for optical fiber amplifiers around 1.3 μm is experimentally investigated. The Pr/sup 3+/-doped Ga:La:S glass samples were pumped by Nd:YAG laser pulses at 1.319 μm and 1.064 μm and generated frequency doubled light at 660 nm and 532 nm, respectively, with conversion efficiencies as high as 0.02%. Frequency doubling in praseodymium-free Ga:La:S glass samples was also observed.

Keywords

fibre lasers; gallium compounds; infrared sources; lanthanum compounds; laser transitions; optical communication equipment; optical glass; optical harmonic generation; optical pumping; praseodymium; sulphur compounds; 0.02 percent; 1.064 mum; 1.3 mum; 1.3-/spl mu/m optical fiber amplifiers; 1.319 mum; 532 nm; 660 nm; Nd:YAG laser pulses; conversion efficiencies; frequency doubled light; frequency doubling; optical fiber amplifiers; praseodymium-doped Ga:La:S glass; praseodymium-doped gallium-lanthanum-sulphide glasses; praseodymium-free Ga:La:S glass samples; second-harmonic generation; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Glass; Neodymium; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.502106

Filename

502106